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Re: Port or No Port?
No port here. They never asked when they took the sentinel lympf nodes and when chemo started the oncologist said I had good veins, we could try and do without. Fine with me, even though veins started collapsing after the first two rounds of TCHP. Towards the end of herceptin the veins needed coaxing with warmth, but all in all I'm happy I'm through without.
Should I progress I'd probably get one, though.
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Dx 9/17/2015, IDC/Paget's, Left, 2cm, Stage IIA, Grade 3, 0/3 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2+ at age 57
Surgery 10/6/2015 Lymph node removal: Sentinel
Chemotherapy start 10/19/2015 Carboplatin (Paraplatin), Taxotere (docetaxel)
Targeted Therapy start 10/19/2015 Herceptin (trastuzumab), Perjeta (pertuzumab)
Surgery 02/23/2016 MX Left, PMX Right
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