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Re: Port doesn't return blood
Just adding my little "trick" to making the port access less painful (since mine was to start with). Stretching the sking on the port as tight as possible before they access it just about makes the "sting" sensation of the needle totally disappear. Works for me.
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4/09 suspicious lump in left breast
5/09 biopsi lead to diagnosis ER/PR -
Her2+.Grade 3,full masectomy left breast,sentinel nodes clear,Stage 1
6/09 Adriamycin + Cytoxan 4 treatments (every 3 weeks) followed by Taxol + Herceptin, 1 treatment weekly for 12 weeks, followed by Herceptin for 40 weeks
MRI Brain 4/10 clear
CT Body 4/10 clear
PET Body 2/11 clear
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