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Jackie07 · 03-06-2012, 09:35 PM

Be sure to take a deep breath and hold it whenever the port is being accessed. If you use the port quite often, it will be a good idea to have the EMLA cream on hand. You apply it to the skin covering the port 30 minutes beforehand and you won't feel a thing when the technician 'stab' you.

Be sure to let the people in other labs know that you have a port. Before getting CT or PET, you will need to have the port 'accessed' (having a thin tube hooked to it so [eg.]the technician can put dye into it while you doing a scan 'with' contrast ) For several years, the scanning area did not have a certified technician to access the port. So I'd have to go to the chemo lab to get the port 'accessed' before going to the imaging lab. I didn't mind the extra exercise, but the technicians were often stressed because their time/schedule would be pushed back.

Love the neat expression of 'Portland'...

03-06-2012, 09:35 PM	#9
Jackie07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: "Love never fails." Posts: 5,808	Re: I think I'll go to Portland... Be sure to take a deep breath and hold it whenever the port is being accessed. If you use the port quite often, it will be a good idea to have the EMLA cream on hand. You apply it to the skin covering the port 30 minutes beforehand and you won't feel a thing when the technician 'stab' you. Be sure to let the people in other labs know that you have a port. Before getting CT or PET, you will need to have the port 'accessed' (having a thin tube hooked to it so [eg.]the technician can put dye into it while you doing a scan 'with' contrast ) For several years, the scanning area did not have a certified technician to access the port. So I'd have to go to the chemo lab to get the port 'accessed' before going to the imaging lab. I didn't mind the extra exercise, but the technicians were often stressed because their time/schedule would be pushed back. Love the neat expression of 'Portland'... __________________ Jackie07 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2 NICU 4.4 LB Erythema Nodosum 85 Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d 3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills CN 3 GKRS 52301 IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET 6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M Diastasis recti Tamoxifen B. scan Irrtbl bowel 1'09 Colonoscopy 313 BRCA1 V1247I hptc hemangioma Vertigo GI - > yogurt hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410 Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk DEXA 1/13 1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer. 3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer. Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2) 10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016 7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence. 7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule. 1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule. "I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe