Urgency: Doctors may recommend starting chemo earlier if you have certain types of cancer. Recovery following insertion: Doctors typically wait at least a day for your body to recover after port ...

Your chemo port is implanted during an outpatient procedure, meaning that you don’t have to stay in a hospital for the procedure. It usually takes 30-45 minutes. Expect to be awake but medicated ...

Elizabeth Drelich is a breast cancer survivor who had a tattoo placed on the scar where her chemotherapy port had been. Photographed Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Cedar Falls, IA.

Isabella Strahan shared in a YouTube video that she had her chemotherapy port removed a month after finishing her final round of treatment. Screengrab from Isabella Strahan's Instagram page ...

She had her chemotherapy port removed. ... Just being careful and scar care. So, not too bad.” Once the port was removed, Strahan was ecstatic. “It’s all gone, as you can see.