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Port infection -what causes them? My lousey experience...
Yikes - I wake up at 4am with a sore port and get up to take tylenol and realize not only is it sore but swollen. I have my herceptin infusion that day so I tell the nurse as soon as I go in. She replies "it looks fine to me..." and is still working so plugs in the herceptin and off she goes. I feel lousy and am sure there is something wrong. Being one who has suffered many medical abuses this past year from hell, I figure here we go again. By the time I get home my temp is 99.9 - I call and the nurse actually says "do you take your temperature all the time? I think being emotional can cause your temperature to go up, maybe you should just find someone to talk to." This was a real slap in the face. I finally got someone to see me - not my Onc, and I have a raging infection and have to have my port pulled. wahhhh.
My question now is -
1.what causes infections in ports
2.can I have one put in the other side of my chest if that is the side I had lymph nodes removed from?
Anybody know? Thanks!
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