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Hillsboro, OR

Has anyone had a port infection?
My pot became infected. I had 4 days of Iv antibiotics. Port removal. Pic line inserted. And chemo now continued along with oral antibiotics.

April 4, 2015
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Yes same situation chest port infection. Mine was removed during a 5 day stay in the hospital. Was given Levaquin antibiotics which gave me the worst joint pain and muscle spasms until my surgeon told me to stop taking it. I now have a PICC line in my upper right arm for the chemo treatments.

November 10, 2017
A MyBCTeam Member

I had an infection in my chest port. Had it removed and a new one put on the inside of my upper left arm.

August 31, 2017

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