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Would anyone suggest trying to get the port prior to 1st chemo next Thurs (and possibly have to put off chemo for another week)? Or just suck it up and see how it goes - surgeon said I can do after 1st treatment also...

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1/17/14 Day after 44th b-day, Got dx of 2 malignancies Rt breast; ER/PgR- HER2+
1/21/14 Biopsy of spot on left; normal
1/28/14 PET scan - CLEAR!
1/29/14 BRCA normal!
1/31/14 Sentinel node biopsy
2/5/14 Nodes are CLEAR! Stage I/IIa, N0, M0
2/13/14 Start Chemo, 6 rounds for 18 weeks prior to surgery
2/28/14 Port placed
3/6/14 Chemo Round 2
3/27/14 Chemo Round 3 (halfway done!)
4/11/14 u/s shows 2cm tumor about 2x5mm now!
4/17/14 Chemo Round 4
5/8/14 Chemo Round 5 and Daughter's Birthday :)
5/27/14 Last Chemo Party - Round 6
6/17 14 Herceptin only until next Feb.
6/20/14 BMX/Immediate reconstruction DONE
6/30/14 Path report back...NED!

02-05-2014, 09:53 AM	#6
crb Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: South Florida Posts: 97	Re: Port or not?? Would anyone suggest trying to get the port prior to 1st chemo next Thurs (and possibly have to put off chemo for another week)? Or just suck it up and see how it goes - surgeon said I can do after 1st treatment also... __________________ 1/17/14 Day after 44th b-day, Got dx of 2 malignancies Rt breast; ER/PgR- HER2+ 1/21/14 Biopsy of spot on left; normal 1/28/14 PET scan - CLEAR! 1/29/14 BRCA normal! 1/31/14 Sentinel node biopsy 2/5/14 Nodes are CLEAR! Stage I/IIa, N0, M0 2/13/14 Start Chemo, 6 rounds for 18 weeks prior to surgery 2/28/14 Port placed 3/6/14 Chemo Round 2 3/27/14 Chemo Round 3 (halfway done!) 4/11/14 u/s shows 2cm tumor about 2x5mm now! 4/17/14 Chemo Round 4 5/8/14 Chemo Round 5 and Daughter's Birthday :) 5/27/14 Last Chemo Party - Round 6 6/17 14 Herceptin only until next Feb. 6/20/14 BMX/Immediate reconstruction DONE 6/30/14 Path report back...NED!