Port removal

dixiegirl
dixiegirl Member Posts: 1,043 Member
in Lymphoma (Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin) #1
Awesome news, went for labs yesterday morning, platelets at 50,000 YEAH!!! Came home took Gidget for a long walk, took a nap THEN checked my phone. Nurse coordinator called and left a vm (my phone was on vibrate) and said if I called right away might be able to get my port out today.

So I did get it out. They don't give you anything to calm you down. All they do is lidocaine shots to numb the area for removal. It hurts so bad today, going to be very bruised. I was up and down all night taking pain pills and putting ice pack on it. Had I known that they don't give you anything I would have taken Zanax before I went.

But it's gone, now just the power port.

How is everyone?
Beth

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  • bobnkay
    bobnkay Member Posts: 21
    #2
    port out
    Hi: I just had my last treatment after RePoch and was wondering about my port. After reading your comments, I am going to make sure I get some pain killers before they take my port out. I know it won't be right away, but it's good to know ahead of time what to expect.
  • bobnkay
    bobnkay Member Posts: 21
    #3
    port out
    Hi: I just had my last treatment after RePoch and was wondering about my port. After reading your comments, I am going to make sure I get some pain killers before they take my port out. I know it won't be right away, but it's good to know ahead of time what to expect.
  • bobnkay
    bobnkay Member Posts: 21
    #4
    port out
    Hi: I just had my last treatment after RePoch and was wondering about my port. After reading your comments, I am going to make sure I get some pain killers before they take my port out. I know it won't be right away, but it's good to know ahead of time what to expect.
  • bobnkay
    bobnkay Member Posts: 21
    #5
    port out
    Hi: I just had my last treatment after RePoch and was wondering about my port. After reading your comments, I am going to make sure I get some pain killers before they take my port out. I know it won't be right away, but it's good to know ahead of time what to expect.
  • bobnkay
    bobnkay Member Posts: 21
    #6
    port out
    I don't know what I did to get all these comments. Anyone know how to delete these?
  • KC13167
    KC13167 Member Posts: 215
    #7
    Port Removal
    Beth,

    Glad you got one of your ports out. It did hurt! The part that I disliked the most, was that the interventional radiologist used "skin glue" and did a horrible job of approximating the edges. I never scar, but have a lumpy-uncomfortable area from the glue. If there's ever a time when someone wants to use it in me again, I will know to ask them how long they've been using it for and had SUCCESS!

    Bet the puppies are glad to see you!
    Kellie
  • allmost60
    allmost60 Member Posts: 3,178 Member
    #8
    Great!
    Hi Beth,
    So glad to hear you got the tri-port out. I looked up on the internet what it consisted of when you first had it in. Quite the contraption! I'm sure once the swelling and pain goes away you will be so happy to have it gone. The little power port is tiny in comparison. Hope you have a better night and hopefully by tomorrow you will be feeling much better. Getting ready to go to a BBQ, so I better get off of here and clean up. Love ya...Sue (FNHL-2-3A-6/10)
  • COBRA666
    COBRA666 Member Posts: 2,401 Member
    #9
    bobnkay said:

    port out
    I don't know what I did to get all these comments. Anyone know how to delete these?

    THAT HAPPENS SOME TIMES
    Bob,
    That has happened to me a few times and I never could delete them. John
  • cristi2019
    cristi2019 Member Posts: 1
    edited April 2019 #10
    what is a power port

    clueless on port - I'm on last home stretch and should have mine out soon, but lack insurance... cristi

  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,817 Member
    #11
    cristi2019 said:

    what is a power port

    clueless on port - I'm on last home stretch and should have mine out soon, but lack insurance... cristi

    Wow...like an ancient photo album

    As I scrolled through this thread, which is relatively short, I encountered first everyone's hero form that time, Dixiegirl (deceased), Allmost60 (long absent, for reasons unknown, and missed by all) and Cobra666, banned repeatedly, and also widely missed.  I think of Alan Jackson's mega-hit, Remember When .  

    So sad, so fresh -- the days that are no more.   --Alfred, Lord Tennyson

  • illead
    illead Member Posts: 884 Member
    #12
    I thought the same thing

    Actually Bill had not even been diagnosed yet, it was around the July 20 '11.  I just now realized that we didn't find the forum till Aug '12.  We missed out Wink.  I sure miss all those guys too.

  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,817 Member
    edited April 2019 #13
    illead said:

    I thought the same thing

    Actually Bill had not even been diagnosed yet, it was around the July 20 '11.  I just now realized that we didn't find the forum till Aug '12.  We missed out Wink.  I sure miss all those guys too.

    Dam

    Hey Becky,  I saw a news report a moment ago that the spillway for the dam above your community is now completed.....

    You guys above Sacramento can now rest easier when seasonal flooding reoccurs.

     

    max

  • illead
    illead Member Posts: 884 Member
    #14
    LOL

    Just in the nick of time, it's only been 2 years plus both being excessively rainy, that's yokels for you............did I just say that????? Sorry. Foot in Mouth 

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