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I always get asked about kidney problems and am told to drink plenty of fluids after the scan.
I had a brain scan today and when they started to put the contrast in my vein collapsed and infiltrated. Thankfully, the tech was standing right there and was putting it in extra slow. My veins are really bad and they can only use my left arm due to lymphedema in the right arm. Well, I ended up getting stuck 3 times today and had to apply warm compresses to the hand where it infiltrated and keep arm elevated. The hand is fine now but in the future I will ask for an IV team member to access my veins. The last thing I need right now is an infection due to infiltration of the contrast.
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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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