Not too much to do about "maintaining the port." During treatment, the infusion nurses do all that is needed. When treatment ends and before you choose to have the port out, it simply needs to be flushed about every 6 weeks.

Bill still raves about how nice it was to have that port even for routine bloodwork.

Deb

Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!

Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill