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sassy · 10-21-2013, 06:07 PM

My port was placed rather deep and many nurses had trouble accessing it. At Wake Forrest the nurses would walk in, see me and walk back out to get the head nurse! Often they could not get a return and moved me around, raise the arm, things you mentioned. Lying me back with my head lower than my shoulders helped sometimes, but I did find that being really well hydrated helped a lot. I actually kept my port for four years and it was still working fine when I had it removed after graduating to 6 month checkups.

Hopefully your port will hold out until you are finished! Best of luck.

10-21-2013, 06:07 PM	#4
sassy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mountains of Virginia Posts: 2,267	Re: Power Port...No blood return My port was placed rather deep and many nurses had trouble accessing it. At Wake Forrest the nurses would walk in, see me and walk back out to get the head nurse! Often they could not get a return and moved me around, raise the arm, things you mentioned. Lying me back with my head lower than my shoulders helped sometimes, but I did find that being really well hydrated helped a lot. I actually kept my port for four years and it was still working fine when I had it removed after graduating to 6 month checkups. Hopefully your port will hold out until you are finished! Best of luck. __________________ Rhonda (Sassy) dx age 45 DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes Triple Positive 4 DD A/C 12 Taxol/Herceptin 33Rads Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk Herceptin for total of 18 months Lupron Monthly 4 yrs Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!) Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement) Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk Back to Arimidex for year seven Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix Stop Arimidex 5/13 Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 5/14 Start Tamoxifen 3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing 5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs 9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects! NED and no meds....... 14YEARS NED!