Having catheter put in this week

kperdue70

Hi everyone! I'm almost finished with my taxol and will be starting FAC on Dec 24th. I'm scheduled to get the catheter this Wed. I was just wondering if it's really as much of a pain in the butt as I've heard. I've elected to do catheter b/c as it turned out in my echogram, I have slow blood flow. My oncologist said b/c of that I would run a higher risk of heart attack with the port. Any suggestions, advice? did anyone get an infection?
Thanks for reading:)
~Kristin

jo jo

Hi Kristin nice to meet
Hi Kristin nice to meet you.
I didnt have a catheter, i had a port so i dont know anything about it...just wanted to say welcome to the board yet sorry you have to be here.

VickiSam

jo jo said:

Hi Kristin nice to meet
Hi Kristin nice to meet you.
I didnt have a catheter, i had a port so i dont know anything about it...just wanted to say welcome to the board yet sorry you have to be here.

Kristin .. Welcome to our 'Family' of Warriors - Sisters
in PINK. I've never hear of a catheter - however, I am sure someone here will pipe in with some sort of information or http site for you. Do you have heart issues = already?

Please let us know what type of breast cancer, stage and chemo therapy you will be having ..and we can support and offer help in those arena's.

Strength and Courage.

Vicki Sam

Heatherbelle

Hi Kristin,
Sorry, I had a
Hi Kristin,
Sorry, I had a port, but I just wanted to chime in & welcome you with a "hello". Stinks you have chemo on Christmas Eve but I hope it will be an easy one on you so that you can enjoy your holiday
*hugs*
Heather

carkris

VickiSam said:

Kristin .. Welcome to our 'Family' of Warriors - Sisters
in PINK. I've never hear of a catheter - however, I am sure someone here will pipe in with some sort of information or http site for you. Do you have heart issues = already?

Please let us know what type of breast cancer, stage and chemo therapy you will be having ..and we can support and offer help in those arena's.

Strength and Courage.

Vicki Sam

not sure what you mean
not sure what you mean either. i just did IV's got dicey at the end though!

Jean 0609

Hi Kristin,
Sorry I don't have any idea what this is either. Hopefully, one of the wonderful pink sisters or brothers here will be able to help you. Hang in there. Hugs, Jean

Rague

PICC Line?
Are you referring to a PICC Line (Perepherally Inserted Centeral Catheter)? If you are there are some here who have used them. I didn't - just my port.

Many years ago, a friend of mine did have a PICC and if I remember it was a pain in the butt' to maintain it safely.

cahjah75

Hi Kristin
I'm sorry but I had a port also. Just finished chemo and port will be removed in January.
{{hugs}} Char

kperdue70

VickiSam said:

Kristin .. Welcome to our 'Family' of Warriors - Sisters
in PINK. I've never hear of a catheter - however, I am sure someone here will pipe in with some sort of information or http site for you. Do you have heart issues = already?

Please let us know what type of breast cancer, stage and chemo therapy you will be having ..and we can support and offer help in those arena's.

Strength and Courage.

Vicki Sam

I have Stage 2B
thanks for the warm welcome ladies:) I have stage 2b with 3 lymph nodes involved so far. I also have est/prog pos with her2 negative non metastatic. I was given the choice of port or subclavical catheter. I've never had any heart prob. have been healthy all my life (until now!) my echogram showed that my blood pumps slower than normal so my oncol said it would be less stressful on the heart if i did a catheter. She said most ppl do port b/c it's easier and you don't have to carry a bag with you etc. on the other hand the catheter has less side effects ( nausea) and there's no surgery to put it in. If it weren't for the heart thing I'd go with the port but better safe than sorry! I just wanted to see if anyone had experience with this. It will be in the same area the ports usually are (clavical)

have a nice night!

carkris

cahjah75 said:

Hi Kristin
I'm sorry but I had a port also. Just finished chemo and port will be removed in January.
{{hugs}} Char

no a picc usually goes in
no a picc usually goes in the arm, I think she is having a central line placed. anyway welcome, sorry you have to be here but glad you found us.

DianeBC

jo jo said:

Hi Kristin nice to meet
Hi Kristin nice to meet you.
I didnt have a catheter, i had a port so i dont know anything about it...just wanted to say welcome to the board yet sorry you have to be here.

I didn't have this done
I didn't have this done either Kristin, but, want to wish you good luck.


Hugs, Diane

Rague

carkris said:

no a picc usually goes in
no a picc usually goes in the arm, I think she is having a central line placed. anyway welcome, sorry you have to be here but glad you found us.

Yes, a PICC line does
Yes, a PICC line does usually go in the arm but I was replying to the original post (3 hrs before the post that stated the location she was getting) which only said that she was getting a "catheter".

Kylez

Jean 0609 said:

Hi Kristin,
Sorry I don't have any idea what this is either. Hopefully, one of the wonderful pink sisters or brothers here will be able to help you. Hang in there. Hugs, Jean

I want to welcome you
I want to welcome you Kristin to the best site for support and encouragement. With that said, I didn't have a catheter, but, hope you will do just fine.


Hugs, Kylez