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StephN · 08-10-2006, 03:07 PM

No bad scan or anything like that.
Had my Port-A-Catheter replaced on Tuesday afternoon. So, been home with a very sore chest and not able to do much with my arms either. (The pain pills are kicking in right now, so I am up for a while.)

My old port was in for nearly 6 years and was set rather low and deep. There was a lot of scar tissue around it and it was harder to get out for that reason. My new port is placed right where I did not want it, but the surgeon did not want to go lower and into my breast tissue. Hey - it is MY body ... but I was knocked out, what could I do?

We are in the middle of an EXPENSIVE plumbing repair that we discovered yesterday morning. I was not well enough to do a lot of calling around and get more than one on-site opinion or estimate. We just needed it done and my hubby was wrapped up in other things. So, I think we are getting skinned alive.

Glad to hear things are better with most of you - like finally getting Tykerb and finishing treatments. Life goes on around us no matter how we are feeling.

08-10-2006, 03:07 PM	#1
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Not such a great week ... No bad scan or anything like that. Had my Port-A-Catheter replaced on Tuesday afternoon. So, been home with a very sore chest and not able to do much with my arms either. (The pain pills are kicking in right now, so I am up for a while.) My old port was in for nearly 6 years and was set rather low and deep. There was a lot of scar tissue around it and it was harder to get out for that reason. My new port is placed right where I did not want it, but the surgeon did not want to go lower and into my breast tissue. Hey - it is MY body ... but I was knocked out, what could I do? We are in the middle of an EXPENSIVE plumbing repair that we discovered yesterday morning. I was not well enough to do a lot of calling around and get more than one on-site opinion or estimate. We just needed it done and my hubby was wrapped up in other things. So, I think we are getting skinned alive. Glad to hear things are better with most of you - like finally getting Tykerb and finishing treatments. Life goes on around us no matter how we are feeling. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.