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to Port or not to Port...that is the Question
Hello Friends,
I made a decision last week to go ahead and have a port put in. Due to the Labor Day holiday, I will have my first chemo treatment on 9-5 without the port. It will be put in before my second treatment in three weeks. In the meantime, My husband ran into a woman at work who is also Her 2+ and had finished her treatments. She showed him the scar from her port, which hubby said was "significant." I really want to have the port done, but hubby asked that I post to my "friends" to see what you guys think.
I had my first muga with a blood draw, and the two injections for that plus the blood draw all from my left arm...really hurt.
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Susan V - Pittsburgh PA
DX Age 37 on August 3, 2006
Stage 1 Grade 3
ER/PR + (Highly Positive)
Her 2 +++
1.3 & 1.2 tumors right breast
node negative
lumpectomy 8-15-06
A/C Began 9-5-06 Finished A/C 11/6/06
Port Placement 9-15-06
Negative Test for BRAC1 & BRAC2 10-25-06
Began Tamoxofin November 21, 2006
First Herceptin November 27, 2006 Continues every 3 Weeks
First Radiation Treatment December 11, 2006
35 Rads Completed
Final Herceptin Treatment November 12, 2007
Port Removal November 19, 2007
Living Life to the Fullest !!
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