Cancer Support and Caregivers Who Are Trail Blazers!

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by IttyBittyFem

Is it possible to actually get blood from the Port? Sure would make life ALOT easier.

There is so much I don'r remember, funny how the brain protects you. And it's been 10 years. Things change (daily).

My late Partner (for those who don't know and wonder why from time to time I pop in here) of 14 years had ovarian cancer. She was so advance staged when it was actually diagnosed (she ignored all symptoms) and made the decision to refuse treatment and passed away quickly and relatively peacefully. Sunday is Ovarian Cancer rememberance day (sept 11) double whammy.

The port, if I am remembering correctly, is an inlet, not an outlet. They don't extract information from any place they input medicine etc. so as to not risk a chance of a false read.

Yes, after all those bruises on the arm and then the hand, you alwost wish they'd leave a port in to remove, but I guess that requires alot of suction
until you actually get the blood. You don't want blood thats in the port. It's no longer fresh, no O2. Rambeling Sorry.