I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this problem.
Last week while I had my pump on, I developed a slow leak where the needle goes into my port. I first noticed it below the Tagaderm bandage on Wed evening and then above the bandage on Thurs morning. I went in to the onc's office and they replaced the needle so that I could get my last 3 hours of 5FU. On Sat the skin above my port turned red and sore.
I went in yesterday and the PA doesn't think it is infected. He thinks it is irritated from the 5FU spill and said the only thing that might help is to put cold compresses on it. It looks like I have a small sunburn about the size of a quarter on my chest.
The PA also asked how old my port was and said that it might need to be replaced if it leaks again. I'm hoping that this is just a one-time problem and that I won't have to have another port surgery.