{"id":4757,"date":"2013-09-18T10:45:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T10:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2013-09-18T10:47:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T10:47:58","slug":"defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcrc4.com\/?p=4757","title":{"rendered":"Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20130918-123705.jpg\"<\/a>At some point you realize that there is no point fighting the inevitable, and that the only sensible option is just to give up. I reached that point last month.<\/p>\n

If you have been following my blog, you know of my struggle to save my infected chemo port. Twice I thought I had the battle won, but always the infection returned. I had several severe septic reactions while accessing my port leading up to TACE #4, and that is when I had made the decision to finally give up the struggle and have the port taken out.<\/p>\n

The mess with the last Chemoembolization just made this all the more urgent and the port was removed at the Freudenstadt hospital. I really missed the port. My veins were not in the best shape and it usually took multiple attempts to hit one with a cannula. Soon I learned which nurses were the most skilled at this and I started to seek these out. Ok, its only needles, but I have this psychological phobia where these are concerned. Though I must admit, I managed to sit through 3 failed attempts which 3 months ago would not have been possible without fainting or throwing up. Progress at last?<\/p>\n

Without a port some of the IV’s like ALA or Vit C are quite harsh on the veins and it was actually quite painful as these went in.<\/p>\n

I got a new port a week later and once it healed I was back in business. After three weeks of cannulas it was quite a relief. Now just to make sure I don’t get another infection. I have become quite anal about following strict aseptic procedures while accessing my new port and use extra antiseptics. I think the nurses will not like me very much, as no one likes to be told how to do their job, but tough. I am not going through this again if I can help it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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