Sunday, September 30, 2012

Port-A-Cath

A device about the size of a quarter that is placed under the skin on the chest just below the clavicle (inch long incision). The catheter leads to the superior vena cava vessel of the heart. I can feel the port and the catheter under my skin. Used to administer chemo.

Port requires numbing cream before chemo so I can't feel the needle through the skin above the port.

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