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doh2pa · 10-16-2008, 01:23 PM

Hi Lizbeth,

I think the main question here is not the port but your white count. With my counts running around 3.0, my onc always prescribes just 600 mg of Clindamycin just one hour before I see the dentist. He says it is probably not needed, but just a precaution.

Hey, and there is an upside - with antibiotics on board I felt "safe" enough to have a pedicure, which I haven't had in 6 months! Heavenly!

10-16-2008, 01:23 PM	#6
doh2pa Deceased Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chadds Ford, Pa Posts: 206	Hi Lizbeth, I think the main question here is not the port but your white count. With my counts running around 3.0, my onc always prescribes just 600 mg of Clindamycin just one hour before I see the dentist. He says it is probably not needed, but just a precaution. Hey, and there is an upside - with antibiotics on board I felt "safe" enough to have a pedicure, which I haven't had in 6 months! Heavenly! __________________ Donna Diagnosed 2/04 - Invasive ductal - no clean margins node negative - er+pr+, her2++ Mastectomy 4/04 - 4 rounds AC 9/05 - mets to liver treated with carbo/ixabipelone/herceptin 3/06 - complete remission 9/06 - new liver mets, starting Taxotere/Herceptin 1/07 -Liver mets stable, staying on Herceptin 5/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting T/X 12/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting weekly Navilbene/Herceptin 4/08 - Liver progression - started Abraxane, Carbo, Tykerb and Herceptin 7/08 - Liver Progression - started Gemzar, Avastin and Tykerb 10/08 - Liver progression - starting Doxil