Hi @azashley I just have to ask…How do you feel about still having your chest port that you haven’t needed for 6 years? Mine was removed within 6 months after chemo/transfusions/treatment for my bone marrow transplant. Once it was gone I felt like I was finally able to move on and not feel so much ‘the patient’. I also thought IF I ever need another then it will be implanted at the time.

I admit it having it in place made blood draws easier when it was no longer needed for chemo/meds/infusions. But I was happy to roll up my sleeve because I felt pretty liberated from no longer having to deal with the cumbersome lumens dangling off me like a cyborg. 😅

Would you miss it if it were gone or have you ‘grown attached to it”? No pun intended. 😅
By the way, today is my 4th ReBirthday from my transplant! I’m celebrating big time.