PORT FLOW STUDY!

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Jan. 16

I had my port flow study yesterday, that consisted of them injecting dye into the port to check that it is working properly. The dr had an issue getting blood because a sheath built up at the end of the port which doesn’t allow anything to be drawn out but there is no issue getting things in. So they gave me a drug called tpa to break up the sheath. I had the study done because I have had a lot of pain/ pressure on the right side of my chest during and after infusion. I am not sure if they will be doing anything about the port I guess I will know more when I go for infusion on Monday!!

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