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Hi Bonnie. Are you going to the infusion center in Rancho Mirage? That's where I go and they have bugged me from the beginning to get a port. I have resisted for several reasons. First, surgery to put it in and then take it out. I have already had 5 surgeries within the last year and I think that is enough. Secondly, LabCore cannot do blood draws thru a port. So even with a port they would have to do my triweekly blood work thru a vein. Finally, they told me I would have to go in every 6 weeks to have the port flushed. These flushes would have to be timed in between my Herceptin treatments and my blood work. As I am still working full time that is time I can better use elsewhere.

As a "desert rat", I too drink a lot of water, but I almost over hydrate the night before a treatment. So far I have only had 2 "blow outs" and that has been getting infusions for the last year.

I am curious as to who your onc is and the surgeon's name. Who knows we might have already met in person!

Best wishes from Cathedral City!