Thread: Port or PICC
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Old Thu Feb 22, 2018, 08:11 PM
Cheryl C Cheryl C is offline
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I'm glad you raised this topic, Barb, because I'm considering this too. Being a fairly slim person, my veins tend to "roll" and are now also getting rather scarred (causing frequent blow-outs) after more than 6 years of infusions and blood tests.
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