Dear Melissa,
I was not offered a port for my 4 cycles of gemz/cispl. I have never really had a problem with needles until my chemo started. It became more and more difficult to find veins and I then requested it after my second cycle.
It was declined because I was already half way through and they thought it was unecessary....I had to hang on in until the end of the chemo.
It became a sort of phobia for me against the needles as often I had to be pricked 2/3 times to get the infuse in a good vein.
I really hope I never have to have chemo again but certainly would have a port installed if it came to it.
Leigh
Leigh, 39
Dx July 2007
TURBT July 2007
RC/Neobladder ,Studer Pouch, September 2007
Erasmus Centrum Rotterdam
TNM Classification: pT4 N2 Mo
4 cycles aduvant chemo Gemzar & Cisplatinum