Arm port versus chest port

[karen z]

I was advised against an arm port but i was very very unhappy with .....not so much the placement of the port itself (I had a smaller port not typically done by my breast surgeon- i think a mistake in hindesight- but by another team at the hospital). The line from the port went over my clavicle and (i think) maybe into my juglar. At the time I started the process I was quite thin (unlike now) and one could just see the line go over my clavicle. I was miserable the whole time I had my port and very self-conscious. I honestly hated that thing. I would have rather had an arm port if that would have been a true option for me. That is what i initially wanted and asked about but I got "talked down"---------not sure why! BTW: I was told (by two oncologist chemo nurses) that I "had" to have a port with my nearly impossible to find veins. But I have large veins in my hands (I know- not a pretty thought) and I would have rather not had the port and just have them use my hands (they seem to care about such things more than me)