Why I Got A Port...A port (or port-a-cath) is used to get medicines into your system quicker or for blood draws....Reactions0reactionsComments14 comments
Have You Considered Getting a Fake Vein for Chemo?...Do you have a port, or are you considering getting one?...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Cruising into 2020 -- Part II...If you stay on the ship in port, you still have access to everything....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Panic Attack...or Something More Nefarious?...After the scan was over, I went back to the cancer center to have the port de-accessed....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Are You Scared of Needles?...When I had my port I was prescribed a cream that was placed onto the port area 30 minutes before the port was to be accessed....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Language of Cancer -- Part 2...If this is the case, your doctor may recommend that you get a port....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Small Cell Carcinoma in Neck...He had a port put in his chest in 8/17 and continues to have the same port in case of future treatments. Want to share some of...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Melanoma Stage IV in 2012...I absolutely loved having my port in. So easy to have just one needle prick and no lasting damage to my veins....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Cruising into 2020...So if you come in a day early, you literally have to pass through the French Quarters to get to the port....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Surprise!...The initial decision of not allowing the port implanted was reconsidered after seeing the arms of other patients....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
My Story...I am a BSN,RN and decided to get a port, it is a good thing to do in my opinion....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Another Day, Another Needle...And still I am assured that I am better off without a port....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
What Makes You Laugh?...Two years into my treatments, the nursing staff was having trouble getting blood return on my port....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Cancer Scars...I had my port installed in Boston, and I was not a fan of the idea. However, it worked out for me in the end....Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Ronda Beaty...On January 11th, 2017 I had surgery to install my port. The surgeon took a lymph node for biopsy. Later the next day, it was confirmed....
Chemo Was No Joke!...I didn’t have a port; I had a pic line that was my choice and it just seemed so much easier for me....Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Opdivo: My Experience...Upon arrival, my vital signs were taken, the nurses accessed my port and drew blood....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
"Experts by Experience" ... That's Us!...The visit ended by the nurse yanking the needle out of my port in such a way that not only hurt when she did it but...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Community Member Spotlight: Tanya...This meant that I could take a chemo pill for treatment, rather than traditional chemotherapy using a port....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Is it time to talk about having a port put in?...Is it time to talk about having a port put in?...Reactions0reactionsComments6 replies
