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Hi Bonnie!
I'm all for the, "Out! Out! D@mn Port!" approach with no worries IF the need for one would come again.
I had mine pulled immediately because it was like a lobster claw in me from Day 1. (I had bilat too). To me it was the worst thing about chemo.
I just think some ports go in and become a natural part of you with no trouble or else they become a foreign body irritant. And I think it's a coin toss ... random. I am hoping if I need one again, they'll just have better luck with it. But putting up with a bad one isn't vital.
If I ever need a port for general labs, I will ask for a PIC line. It is a semi-permanent one/partially exposed in the elbow. I wore one for 2 years in order to have daily antibiotic IVs for Lyme.
But ... this was also BC BC (before breast cancer) and having to be cautious of things like lymphedema in my arms.
Just a thought from one whose port was a pest.
AbbyDawg
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