The port will make everything easier! And you don’t need to have ANY pain at all when they access the port. You should be getting a tube of lidocaine, and about 45 minutes before your appointment apply a thick layer of lidocaine over the port and cover it with a little square of Saran Wrap. It keeps the medicine where you want it, and they’ll just wipe it off. The area will be COMPLETELY numb, and you won’t feel the needle at all! I promise you! Good luck - you got this! (Stage 3 colorectal cancer with 16 cancerous lymph nodes)😘