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DeborahNC · 11-07-2005, 07:33 AM

I had a port put in a couple of weeks ago by a radiologist. All went very smoothly, I was totally conscious throughout, no pain at all. It did turn out to be in an area that gets rubbed by my bra strap though.

I saw my surgeon the afternoon of having my port emplaced. He was extremely upset that my onc had sent me to a radiologist to have the procedure done rather than him performing it. He's protective of his patients and is the only surgeon in the hospital who does his own mammotomes rather than send them to radiology. Anyway, it caused a huge stir at the cancer center and my onc told me she had to do a lot of grovelling to get my surgeon to forgive her. Personally, I thought the radiologist did a great job and the port works beautifully.

11-07-2005, 07:33 AM	#15
DeborahNC Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 148	I had a port put in a couple of weeks ago by a radiologist. All went very smoothly, I was totally conscious throughout, no pain at all. It did turn out to be in an area that gets rubbed by my bra strap though. I saw my surgeon the afternoon of having my port emplaced. He was extremely upset that my onc had sent me to a radiologist to have the procedure done rather than him performing it. He's protective of his patients and is the only surgeon in the hospital who does his own mammotomes rather than send them to radiology. Anyway, it caused a huge stir at the cancer center and my onc told me she had to do a lot of grovelling to get my surgeon to forgive her. Personally, I thought the radiologist did a great job and the port works beautifully.