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Kim,
I'm so glad that your mother agreed to in-home nursing care. Having a PIC line inserted, I feel, would be a good thing as it does away with the strain of finding a good vein when they need it. They are usually inserted using only a local anethesia so your mom should be fine. Hydration is so important with any type of chemo and when you're fatigued and just feeling like crap it's very difficult to intake enough fluid. I will keep your mom in my prayers.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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