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Re: Port doesn't return blood
Marcia, This used to happen to me often. They would all but stand me on my head and if that didn't work they had what they called "rotorooter" that they would inject and that usually worked. I am with sheila as to why they would give lidocaine in your port. That makes no sense. I hope they check it out and make sure the port is functioning properly. Mary L
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Mary L from PA Diag: Oct 2003 w/6mm mass, IDC grade III ductal carcinoma in-situ, IBC stage IIIB. tx A/C followed by Taxotere(only able to have 2 tx, allergic), mastectomy, 3 0ut of 7 positive nodes. 35 rads. Recurrence 9 months later, skin mets to mastectomy site. Tx Carboplatin/Herceptin. Stayed on Herceptin almost 5 years, had 3 more recurrences when I had to stop Herceptin due to my ejection fraction getting too low. Herceptin stopped and ned 3 years in Oct. 2010.
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