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Re: Port or No Port?
I refused a port but my fourth a/c treatment I requested one, I was so stressed at the nurses trying to find a vein (so were they!)..
My port became my best friend and at the time I was quite thin so the only downside was that I wore chunky jumpers or shirts rather than skin tight tops. To this day my veins are hard to find almost twelve years on so I'd urge anyone starting out to get the port before beginning treatments. It really did make it all so much easier, faster and less stressful for me.
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Tricia
Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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