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Re: Have to get a port - anything I should know?
When I had my power port, the only problem I had was a reaction to the Tegrederm sp?) tape they used for the dressing. Where the tape touched, my skin became very irritated and red that night and later sloughed off. I would only let them put paper tape on me after that. They put the port in place and I received my first chemo treatment the nex day.
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Diagnosed: 7/25/08 ~ age 63, no family history
Surgery: 8/14/08 Bilateral mastectomy; tumor left breast, node dissection; right prophylactic with expanders: 1/12/10 latisimuss dorsi flap on left side: 9/22/10 implants in
Pathology Report: ER/PR-; HER2+ (3+); Grade 3, StageIII; 3cm tumor plus 21/21 lymph nodes positive; 5cm DCIS
Chemo: A/C; Taxol/Herceptin/Tykerb; phase II study at Mayo adding Tykerb for early stage
Radiation: 25 rads
Vaccine: Walter Reed GP2/AE37 vaccine study ~ last booster 9/17/2012
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