I had a port inserted and for me that's the only way I'd ever get my treatments.

I have a port. Before I got it inserted, it was so tedious to find a vein and the bruising was awful. I highly recommend it

I had PICC lines the first time I was in the hospital for chemo and developed DVT that I am now on blood thinners for. I now have a port and love it. So much easier to draw blood and get treatments. The procedure for putting it in was not bad and it was just a little tender for a couple of days

I had a port (portacath, see https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/porta...) inserted for chemotherapy. If that is what you are getting, the insertion is a 1 hour in-patient procedure: the surgeon will make two small incisions on your right breast, one below and one above the collar bone. In the lower one, he/she will insert a small plastic cup under the skin. Attached to that cup is a long plastic tube that he/she will thread, through the upper incision, into a jugular vein and, from there, into your heart's atrium (upper chamber). The whole procedure is painless, because you will receive a local anesthetic; no more painful than a dentist's jab into the mouth. From then on, you will be receiving chemo (or other) drugs directly into the heart by means of a special curved needle stuck into the port. Keep in mind that this needle can sting, so I used to numb the port area with a lidocaine-based cream 1 hour before the needle. Best of luck..

Good Day Dianne, while it took me a good long while to get used to it, after having it for 11 + years; I’ve kept it. Just in case I’ll need to have additional chemo, besides my current immunotherapy. I’ll be the first one to tell you that the lidocaine spray in advance of accessing the port is a wise move, for a more comfortable blood draw/treatment. CYBERHUGZ🙏🏻