[Darlene Denise]

Chelee and Courtney: I had my dual lumen Power Port put in last Monday. Had it acessed on that Wednesday for a bone and CT scan. All went well. Like you Miss Courntey, I put it off too. When I went for my last Muga a few weeks ago, it was cancelled because of no vein access. I knew that day was coming, just trying to avoid it! I told my vascular surgeon he better use his best plastic surgery skills and make my port the envy of the chemo room. My last port stood out like I had an MP3 player under my skin. This one looks gooood! Put it in the same place but you can't see it, gotta feel for it! Very happy with its appearance.

Chelee, some facilities don't have trained IV folks available in the nuclear med and scan areas. My suggestion is to call around where you can get scans and see if they are routinely acessing power ports. Whenever you set up your scan be sure to tell them you have a power port. We still have hit and miss access at different facilities, but I found the place and that's where I will be going from now on.

Oh, and I asked for my own power port access kit to carry in my purse just in case they claim they don't have what they need for the scan. I've been told they know how to use it, but the department dosen't stock them yet. Yeah!

One downside, my husband says it's my early Valentine gift. Damn those co-pays!!!

May the Power Port Force be with us...does this make us Power Rangers?

Darlene