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chemo port flush

usha ramesh
usha ramesh CSN Member Posts: 2
in Colorectal Cancer #1

2015-01-21

For routine chemoport flush service in Dallas area, I am looking for a qualified service provider,as I am on a visit for a few months. Can anyone guide me where/ whom  to contact ? Regards

usharamesh

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  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties CSN Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #2
    Tough to do

    If your regular doctor is within the US or Canada, perhaps he/she can be contacted for a referral.

    If that is not the case, then perhaps you should contact a local hospital to see if they will have someone do it.

    Doctor's in private practice would probably be reluctant to help you since you are not their patient.

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  • LindaK.
    LindaK. CSN Member Posts: 506 Member
    #3
    Do you know a nurse?

    Our daughter is a nurse and she used to do my husband's port flushes and disconnecting his 5FU pump once the visiting nurse group watched her do it.

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  • Trubrit
    Trubrit CSN Member Posts: 5,808 Member
    #4
    Doctor's order

    If you Oncologist wrote an order for a port flush, I wonder if you could take it to a hospital and find someone there to do it. 

    Good luck!

     

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  • usha ramesh
    usha ramesh CSN Member Posts: 2
    #5
    LindaK. said:

    Do you know a nurse?

    Our daughter is a nurse and she used to do my husband's port flushes and disconnecting his 5FU pump once the visiting nurse group watched her do it.

    Thanks for the information.

    Thanks for the information. Can I have the coordinates please? Thanks and regards

     

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  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties CSN Member Posts: 3,364 Member
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    usha ramesh said:

    Thanks for the information.

    Thanks for the information. Can I have the coordinates please? Thanks and regards

     

    you need an oncology nurse

    You need an oncology nurse, or at least one who has experience/training accessing the port.

    I do not think Linda was offering services of her daughter.

    Check with the loca hospital for help on this matter.

     

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