Re: Port vs. PowerPort

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

Quick initial reply for now.

What a lot of things for you to absorb.

Firstly I would guess most present day ports will be MRI 'safe',in the sense an

MRI could be given because the makers would realise the patients needing them

would be just the very ones who would sometimes need MRIs.

However I think your point about actually giving the contrast through the port

might exclude some (obviously those would NOT be most ideal for you).Was not

in the radiology field but would think perhaps the Power port you mention might

pump the contrast onward into the circulation, rather than leaving a pool of the

fluid in the  resevoir lying under the skin.

Will come back later on this.

Best wishes

doc, retired UK

[ ] Port vs. PowerPort

Hello,

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis as well as a new MS diagnosis RRMS. I get

monthly labs and infusions for my RA already and the infusion lab

decided I need to get a port because my veins are shot. At the

infusion lab they told me you can get MRI with a regular port. My

research online says only a PowerPort is safe with MRI's and it allows

them to put the contrast in through the port (a major issue since my

veins blow every time).

Does anyone have a port or PowerPort? I have a ton of reading to do on

treatments and then I am supposed to go back and talk to the docs at

the MS Center again. Are most of the meds for MS injections or IV

infusions?

in St. Louis

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[Guest guest]

Hi

Thanks for your response. I talked again to the surgeon's office and

they said the PowerPort gives the most options for use so I said I'd

go with it. It gets so frustrating ... the infusion center wants the

port and calls the rheumatologist who calls me to tell me to call my

primary care doc who calls the surgeon to schedule it, who then called

my PCP back and asks which one I need. So, the PCP calls me to say

call your rheumatologist and see which one she wants. She calls me and

says call the lab and they don't know the difference. It is so

frustrating. So anyway, I appreciate you answering and giving your input.

Thanks :-)

in St. Louis

> However I think your point about actually giving the contrast

through the port might exclude some (obviously those would NOT be

most ideal for you).Was not in the radiology field but would think

perhaps the Power port you mention might pump the contrast onward into

the circulation, rather than leaving a pool of the fluid in the

 resevoir lying under the skin.

> Will come back later on this.

> Best wishes

> doc, retired UK

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