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Yeah, I had decided a long time ago that I was going to have a port. When I went into my mastectomy surgery, I had an I.V. in my left forearm. When I came out of surgery, the i.v. was in the back of my hand, and i had a HUGE bruise where the i.v. had been.
THEN< during my recovery, i ended up with a painful bout of phlebitis in that same vein. UGH.
My right arm used to be the good arm for veins. But since we can't use that arm anymore, the left has not been a good substitute.
This will make life much easier, I'm sure!
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Terri B.
46 yrs. young
Dx IDC 3/6/08
1.5 cm & .6 cm grade III, Stage IIA
es/pr- Her2+++, 9/9 richardson
Double Mast w/expanders 4-14-08
3/9 nodes positive.
additional excision rt breast 4-25-08
weekly T/H x 12 (6-2-08) Done!
FEC x4 (9-8-08) Last one 11-10-08!
Herceptin complete 8/10/09!!
33 RADS DONE 2/13/09!
rt. breast biopsy 3/20/09 .. B9!!
reconstruction complete!
DEEEEEEported on 5/19/10!!
almost 5 YEARS NED!!
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