Anyone have a Dye Study on their Port?

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Mattie
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Anyone have a Dye Study on their Port?

Postby Mattie » Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:19 am

For the last couple of treatments, my port has not been returning anything. They've been using cathflow to try and clean things out, but it's not working.

Hoping I don't have to deal with replacing....avastin seems to be going in okay....

Appreciate hearing about any experiences and outcomes...

Thanks

Sue
4/10 debulk surgery, DX stage IVb, 49yo
5/10-11/11 Folfox, then Xeloda/Avastin
4/13 Resect liver met + pelvic node, 20+ Rad treatments
7/14 SBRT 15 mm Liver & node
12/14 SBRT 8 mm Liver met
3/16 4-5 pelvic nodes, Xeloda/Avastin again
12/16 NED, maintaining Xeloda/Avastin
8/17 NED Dropping Xeloda. Avastin only.
3/21 NED Avastin only
10/21 Pausing Avastin Proteinuria/BP complications
12/21 Resect 4.4 x 3.6 cm lower abdominal met

Capri
Posts: 80
Joined: Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:59 pm

Re: Anyone have a Dye Study on their Port?

Postby Capri » Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:54 pm

Hi Mattie/Sue,

My son recently had a dye study on his port. It would flush fine but only intermittently work when trying to draw blood from it. The study took about 15 minutes; he was awake for it & watched the pictures on the screen. Basically the port is fine. The reason they can't draw from it is because the distal end is up against the vein. It's positional he was told. Sometimes it works to draw blood from it; but for his bloodwork, the lab uses an arm vein. He still gets chemo via the port; it goes in just fine.

Probably the most painful thing about the procedure was the co-pay. :D

I I hope this helps you. Best wishes to you.
Mom to son 46 yo at Dx (2017)
1/18 Robotic resection, sigmoid adenocarcinoma, Stg. IIIA T3 N1 MX, mod. differentiated, margins clear
2/18 - 7/30/18 Port placed; completed 12 cycles of FOLFOX
6/18 Put on Early surveillance CT,PET scan-normal. Neuropathy has started.
11/18 Clean colonoscopy; 11/20 CT normal.
2019 to 7/22 colonoscopies, CTs neck to groin have been normal.


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