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caya · 04-30-2008, 06:06 AM

Hi Kathy,

Good luck on getting your port - It is such a nothing procedure. I was in a twilight sleep for a couple of hours, then in recovery for a couple of hours. Really no big deal, and you will be glad you got it for your treatments. Get some EMLA cream (in the States I believe it is LIDOCAINE), a numbing cream to put on the skin over the port before you go in for your infusions. Then you won't even feel the stick.

And I agree, a clean house always makes things seem brighter!!

all the best
caya

04-30-2008, 06:06 AM	#3
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Hi Kathy, Good luck on getting your port - It is such a nothing procedure. I was in a twilight sleep for a couple of hours, then in recovery for a couple of hours. Really no big deal, and you will be glad you got it for your treatments. Get some EMLA cream (in the States I believe it is LIDOCAINE), a numbing cream to put on the skin over the port before you go in for your infusions. Then you won't even feel the stick. And I agree, a clean house always makes things seem brighter!! all the best caya __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!!