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My port is in my *upper arm* and not the chest. But that said..my surgeon was MAD at me and THOUGHT I should be happy with my mammo & Ultrasound results which weren't satisfactory to me. So I asked for a breast MRI. He got ticked off...I feel he thought it was expensive and didn't want to do it. So he comes up with an excuse and tells me "You CAN'T have a breast MRI...you have a PORT in". This was the FIRST I heard of that so I called my chemo nurse and called the place that gives me the MRI's. Everyone told me it was no problem.
I GOT my breast MRI...there was no problem for me once I checked into it. I think many surgeons/doctors just want to get out of doing them if they can due to expense. JMHO...no one has to agree. There may be newer ports that might have more metal..but in most cases its done all the time.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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