My dad was diagnosed with esophogeal cancer in January, 2008. It has been a tough road. He had a g-tube inserted for feedings (liquid only) and an IV port for the chemo. He has been dehydrated alot and has had to go in at least twice a week for fluids. Everytime he complained that he felt the fluids were just "staying" in his chest. He had a "full feeling" and told the nurses he was concerned that the fluids were not going into his vein. Finally, three weeks later, today, he had a chest x-ray and they found that the port "shifted" and he has to go back to hospital for a "revision". Of course, we are all upset about it and are now concerned whether the chemo went through his vein or not. We don't know if it ever was right. No way to know. So...I want to know if anyone knows what happens to the chemo if it doesn't go into the vein directly and just sits in his body. His doctor told him she was concerned about the amount of naseua he was experiencing, she said it was unusual, so now Im wondering if its because it wasn't going in the way it was suppose to. I tried to get the answer from dr today but wasnt able to reach her.
If anyone knows or has any experience with this please let me know.
Thank you so much!