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Old 10-21-2013, 05:36 PM   #3
Lauriesh
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Lakeville, Minnesota
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Re: Power Port...No blood return

It's really no big deal to get the medicine to get the blood flow going. I have had it twice. They just put it in, wait 30 minutes, then try again. Both times it worked.
I always make sure I drink a ton of water the day before. It does seem to help .


Laurie
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diagnosed stage 2- 3/2005
4.5 cm & 2+ nodes , er/pr- & HER2+
4 AC
12 taxol/Herceptin
Year of Herceptin
liver mets- July-2010
7 taxotere/Herceptin
RFA- Feb.2011
NED
U of Wa vaccine trial-oct 2011-Feb 2012
Herceptin/tykerb
Ned - 2 1/2 years
Herceptin & perjeta
Ned 3 years
Herceptin- reducing treatments , due to s/e, to 5-6 a year
NED- 3 1/2 years
Ned - 4 years
2/15- stopped herceptin - on no treatment
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