SPECIAL BULLETIN....GOAL!!!!
Congratulations!!!!! So darn exciting!! I'm glad I got to see your post, I'm not on here a lot anymore.
About the port - I had to get one for chemo, all & all, it's really not that bad. The worst is simply moving around "wrong" in such a way that pulls on the stitches where your skin is healing back together (where they inserted it). After the first week, it's cake.
I was really afraid it would hurt to get it accessed/ stuck, but so long as you use the lidocain numbing cream, it doesn't hurt - most of the time, not AT ALL. Just put the cream on, cover with saran wrap, & leave it sit for 60 - 90 minutes before access. So long as you plan ahead, easy peasy. If you forget, well, that sucks, to be honest.
About the port - I had to get one for chemo, all & all, it's really not that bad. The worst is simply moving around "wrong" in such a way that pulls on the stitches where your skin is healing back together (where they inserted it). After the first week, it's cake.
I was really afraid it would hurt to get it accessed/ stuck, but so long as you use the lidocain numbing cream, it doesn't hurt - most of the time, not AT ALL. Just put the cream on, cover with saran wrap, & leave it sit for 60 - 90 minutes before access. So long as you plan ahead, easy peasy. If you forget, well, that sucks, to be honest.
HW / SW / CW / GW 299 / 287 / 160 / 140 Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10
Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma! 7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012 
Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012
First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14 I LOVE MY DS!!!
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