David,

I know... I had to have a port during chemotherapy for lymphoma, but it clotted and had to be removed halfway through treatment. The surgeon was unable to get in a central line and I ended up getting a Hickman line. The trouble with me is, if there's something that can go wrong, it will. My PEG caused a nasty skin infection already, I can only imagine what trouble a new port and all my scar tissue would cause.

I'm a pretty good patient, but not a simple one : )

-Margaret

Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018