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Re: Port question.
I had a port in my arm just under my bicep. I'm not sure why my Onc suggested it there but it always worked fine and never caused me an issue. I was a little bit of a baby and always requested the cold spray prior to inserting the needle. It didn't "tuck" in under my inner arm like they thought it would and always looked like a gumball under my skin BUT no pain and worked well.
I had a local numbing agent to the area when mine was placed - it was done in a surgical room but I was not given anything to twilight or sedate me.
Good Luck - ports definitely serve their purpose.
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11/19/10 Identified swollen lymph node
1/24/11 Mammogram showed microcalcifications - no mass
2/4/11 Diagnosed ER/PR- HER2+++
2/23/11 Began TCH protocol every 21 days 6x
5/23/11 Ultrasound of originally diseased lymph node shows normal
7/25/11 Lymph node dissection - 8 of 14 show disease
7/29/11 Double mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders)
8/29/11 Begin follow up chemo - Adriamycin 4 treatments every 2 weeks and Xeloda. Self inject Nupogen shots
1/6/12 6 weeks of Radiation finished
2/13/12 Last Herceptin/remove port
3/27/12 PET/Brain Scan NED :)
8/15/12 Final reconstruction - hello nipples, good bye expanders
9/14/12 Rejected implant/infection. Implant removed
5/6/13 Latissumis Dorsi surgery left side with expander
PS - my photo was taken 5 days after my double mastectomy surgery and 6 weeks after my TCH was completed
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