OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 97 | Good Morning-
I'm thinking about getting a subcutaneuos port, the kind that goes in your chest but you can't see anything from the outside. It's been 5 months since I started weekly treatments and there's no planned endpoint, so that means I get stuck with an IV once a week, and it always takes at least 2 tries to get it in.
A PICC line is out of the question since I have a toddler at home and he'd yank on it.
I know this has been discussed on the forum, but I've got specific questions for anyone who had this type of port:
1. I'm worried about my son hitting or stepping on the port site(when we are playing). Would it hurt if you were to press on it from the outside?
2. How does getting stuck in the port compare to getting stuck for an IV, pain-wise?
3. Can you feel the port in there or do you get used to it?
TIA!
Melissa
Age 36. Four years of fighting Stage 4 Skull Base Cancer
Can't even fit it in the signature line. I've tried it all! 5 surgeries, IMRT, cyberknife, cisplatin, erbitux, AIM, taxotere, carboplatin.
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