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NanaJoni · 06-08-2011, 05:40 PM

My port story: my surgeon put in a regular (not "power) Bard port in May 2010. It stopped working in July 2010. Radiology dept surgeon at hospital did a dye-test and decided to replace it with a Bard PowerPort. Either the port was defective or the placement was botched but it never worked once. I would not let that dr. touch me again so a different dr. put in another Bard Powerport on the other side of my chest (where my tumors had been). It worked fine until I no longer needed it and it was removed about 3 weeks ago. After the 2nd port was removed and the 3rd port installed I threw 3 pulmonary emboli and was hospitalized for over a week. Since I had all the pain on the left side I attributed it to the removal of the second port but apparently that was where the blood clots originated before migrating to my lungs. I don't know the model number of the ports I had but now am wondering if #2 was defective instaed of a surgeon's error???

06-08-2011, 05:40 PM	#4
NanaJoni Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Elizabethton, TN Posts: 418	Re: Ports defective My port story: my surgeon put in a regular (not "power) Bard port in May 2010. It stopped working in July 2010. Radiology dept surgeon at hospital did a dye-test and decided to replace it with a Bard PowerPort. Either the port was defective or the placement was botched but it never worked once. I would not let that dr. touch me again so a different dr. put in another Bard Powerport on the other side of my chest (where my tumors had been). It worked fine until I no longer needed it and it was removed about 3 weeks ago. After the 2nd port was removed and the 3rd port installed I threw 3 pulmonary emboli and was hospitalized for over a week. Since I had all the pain on the left side I attributed it to the removal of the second port but apparently that was where the blood clots originated before migrating to my lungs. I don't know the model number of the ports I had but now am wondering if #2 was defective instaed of a surgeon's error??? __________________ Joni -64 yrs old - 3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast 3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated 3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear 3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side 4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides 5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo 07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side. 07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin 08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont. 12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks 4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc. 5/2011 - NED!!! port out. 8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED 7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed. 2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.