rubyroselee
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Good luck Caitlin! I think that a port is a great option for a lot of people, and I'm sure you made the right choice.
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CrisDopher
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Right on to the port!! Wish I hadn't waited so long to get mine. Even if you use it only once a year, that's one less PICC line, right?
I personally didn't think of port placement as "surgery" so much as a "routine outpatient procedure" that I wouldn't get to remember after the fact. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> I didn't get to choose my exact model, but I knew going in it would be single lumen and what side and generally what placement. We basically avoided my left side because of backpack carry habit. I'm a guy, so there wasn't a lot of concerns beyond that.
Good luck!
I personally didn't think of port placement as "surgery" so much as a "routine outpatient procedure" that I wouldn't get to remember after the fact. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> I didn't get to choose my exact model, but I knew going in it would be single lumen and what side and generally what placement. We basically avoided my left side because of backpack carry habit. I'm a guy, so there wasn't a lot of concerns beyond that.
Good luck!
CrisDopher
New member
Right on to the port!! Wish I hadn't waited so long to get mine. Even if you use it only once a year, that's one less PICC line, right?
I personally didn't think of port placement as "surgery" so much as a "routine outpatient procedure" that I wouldn't get to remember after the fact. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> I didn't get to choose my exact model, but I knew going in it would be single lumen and what side and generally what placement. We basically avoided my left side because of backpack carry habit. I'm a guy, so there wasn't a lot of concerns beyond that.
Good luck!
I personally didn't think of port placement as "surgery" so much as a "routine outpatient procedure" that I wouldn't get to remember after the fact. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> I didn't get to choose my exact model, but I knew going in it would be single lumen and what side and generally what placement. We basically avoided my left side because of backpack carry habit. I'm a guy, so there wasn't a lot of concerns beyond that.
Good luck!
CrisDopher
New member
Right on to the port!! Wish I hadn't waited so long to get mine. Even if you use it only once a year, that's one less PICC line, right?
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<br />I personally didn't think of port placement as "surgery" so much as a "routine outpatient procedure" that I wouldn't get to remember after the fact. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> I didn't get to choose my exact model, but I knew going in it would be single lumen and what side and generally what placement. We basically avoided my left side because of backpack carry habit. I'm a guy, so there wasn't a lot of concerns beyond that.
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<br />Good luck!
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<br />I personally didn't think of port placement as "surgery" so much as a "routine outpatient procedure" that I wouldn't get to remember after the fact. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> I didn't get to choose my exact model, but I knew going in it would be single lumen and what side and generally what placement. We basically avoided my left side because of backpack carry habit. I'm a guy, so there wasn't a lot of concerns beyond that.
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TleighsHusband
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Just prayed for you! Ports allow you to be so much more proactive with treatment especially with the MRSA -- I think Tiffany's first port lasted around 7 years. Hope all goes well!
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TleighsHusband
Guest
Just prayed for you! Ports allow you to be so much more proactive with treatment especially with the MRSA -- I think Tiffany's first port lasted around 7 years. Hope all goes well!
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TleighsHusband
Guest
Just prayed for you! Ports allow you to be so much more proactive with treatment especially with the MRSA -- I think Tiffany's first port lasted around 7 years. Hope all goes well!
I will be praying for you also. After I get back from my honeymoon my doctor wants me to get a port and I just can't bring myself to make the appointment. I am having such problems with it. Hopefully, I will be like you and start accepting it. Good luck and I will be anxious to hear how you like it
I will be praying for you also. After I get back from my honeymoon my doctor wants me to get a port and I just can't bring myself to make the appointment. I am having such problems with it. Hopefully, I will be like you and start accepting it. Good luck and I will be anxious to hear how you like it
I will be praying for you also. After I get back from my honeymoon my doctor wants me to get a port and I just can't bring myself to make the appointment. I am having such problems with it. Hopefully, I will be like you and start accepting it. Good luck and I will be anxious to hear how you like it
My 6 year old son w/cf recently had a port fitted & as much as we were traumatised by the whole thought... it was the best thing we could have done, the operation was pretty routine as far as I was made aware, he was in & out in hardly any time at all & he is absolutely fine, his iv's started almost immediately after it was put in & he's doing very well with it... you wouldn't know he had it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> xx Will make our 3 monthly iv's go so much smoother... fewer needles & no stinging <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Best thing we done xx<br>Stay strong, and think to the future xx<br>x Shaz x<br>
My 6 year old son w/cf recently had a port fitted & as much as we were traumatised by the whole thought... it was the best thing we could have done, the operation was pretty routine as far as I was made aware, he was in & out in hardly any time at all & he is absolutely fine, his iv's started almost immediately after it was put in & he's doing very well with it... you wouldn't know he had it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> xx Will make our 3 monthly iv's go so much smoother... fewer needles & no stinging <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Best thing we done xx<br>Stay strong, and think to the future xx<br>x Shaz x<br>
My 6 year old son w/cf recently had a port fitted & as much as we were traumatised by the whole thought... it was the best thing we could have done, the operation was pretty routine as far as I was made aware, he was in & out in hardly any time at all & he is absolutely fine, his iv's started almost immediately after it was put in & he's doing very well with it... you wouldn't know he had it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> xx Will make our 3 monthly iv's go so much smoother... fewer needles & no stinging <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Best thing we done xx<br>Stay strong, and think to the future xx<br>x Shaz x<br>
musclemania70
New member
You'll get great pain killers to take home-don't leave the hospital without them and...use them wisely.
I asked if the surgeon would pierce my belly button while I was under. He declined. I was bummed. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
I asked if the surgeon would pierce my belly button while I was under. He declined. I was bummed. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">