|
Re: Port Flipped
Hi Joanne,
My port flipped for my first chemo - it had been placed in a few days before, and the same thing happened to me that happened to you - the nurse could not penetrate it (luckily I did not feel the numerous needles as I had applied EMLA cream - lidocaine in the States).
They sent me down to the day surgery and squeezed me in for the "reflip" - I was lucky the surgeon who had initially inserted it was able just to freeze me and flip it back. I remember apologizing to him, thinking I had done something wrong, but he said not to worry, it happens occasionally -
Never had a problem after that.
all the best
caya
__________________
ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+
1.7 cm and 1.0 cm.
Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested)
MRM Dec.18/06
3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere
Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08
Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years
Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012
BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative
Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal
Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so.
Reclast infusion January 2012
Oopherectomy October 2013
15 Years NED!!
|
Threaded Mode