Kathy, I'm sure your relieved to have that now behind you. Once the soreness settles down you will be so glad you got your port. When it was brought up to me I was so against it. But they wore me down and I am so glad they did. This way you don't have to be a pin cushion.  This will make your chemo treatments & labs a breeze.
Mine was in my upper arm so I can't comment about on the pain around your collarbone. But I can tell you I had some minor pain/discomfort in my upper arm for about a week and then it was fine. So I am going to assume its pretty normal for yours to hurt a bit right now. I really believe it will settle down in no time. And of course always mention these things to your onc so they are aware. You will be so glad you got a port. I'm happy all went well for you.
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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