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@mtstack Oh no 😩 I’m so very sorry to hear the medical staff had trouble finding a good vein with your first infusion and that you then didn’t tolerate the taxol well 😪 It’s such a strong drug, and one of the most effective.
So hard to get in the right headspace to start chemo. Then to be kicked in the butt is NOT a good start.
I hope your oncologist can tinker with your chemo regime so you tolerate the brew.
I had a port inserted in my chest and found that was great for me. Some people also have trouble with ports but I didn’t have any.
I have always had catheter blood tests and now infusions (ie not through my port) for surveillance PET-CT scans. I sometimes have had and still have trouble with finding a good vein for blood tests and I too dislike when they have to dig around and have a few goes to get a good vein. A particular lady at the blood draw centre seems to now know my veins and gets them 1st time. I hope you can work with the infusion team to make it easier (hydration, squeezing and unsqueezing a fist to show the best vein just before starting, finding which arm and where on it) to find the best vein on each occasion.
Wishing you a much easier time next time ❤️🩹🙏
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Thank you for your kindness as it made an already dreaded first time even worse. So hard to remain positive that I chose the right path when I felt that my body was telling me in no uncertain terms that I was making a mistake.
I was offered the port a week ago but told of risk of infection so opted out. I also asked again after they failed twice, and they said usually patients get ports of it's going to be a lifetime of infusions.
They only put a warm towel around my forearm and never said to squeeze and unsqueeze like they do at a blood donation. Also the first nurse used a light to help her see the veins which neither of the next two used.
The third nurse was the most experienced, and told me to take a deep breath in as she inserted and then exhale loudly and it worked great! So hopefully she'll be there the next time.