Hi friends: I'm a recently diagnosed person with *** cancer. I am going crazy not swimming due to surgery but hope to be back in the pool soon. I am going to have the catheter implanted in my chest for chemo and am wondering about swimming with it. Some sources say that is fine; others say that repetitive motion like swimming or rowing is not good when you have an implanted catheter. Does anyone have any experience with this? Mentally, I need to swim through this. Thanks for you advice/help.
Peggy
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Dear Peggy
when you check with your oncologist -- do try to see if there are alternatives to the port. My sister is now in her 11th week of treatment for *** cancer (four chemo sessions and two to go!) and she discussed the port issue with her doctors who agreed in the end it wasn't essential. Every case is different, but if my sister hadn't asked not to, it seems she would have had the port.
Her treatment is going very well and I hope that yours will be as smooth.
Dear Peggy
when you check with your oncologist -- do try to see if there are alternatives to the port. My sister is now in her 11th week of treatment for *** cancer (four chemo sessions and two to go!) and she discussed the port issue with her doctors who agreed in the end it wasn't essential. Every case is different, but if my sister hadn't asked not to, it seems she would have had the port.
Her treatment is going very well and I hope that yours will be as smooth.
