I had my monthly port flush this morning, and what I was expecting to be the usual flush, check to see if it returned blood and then inject Heparin to keep it clear for another month, became an ordeal. The inside port went as normal, but the nurse could not get blood return from the outside port. After eight syringes of saline, having me cough, raise my hands above my head, wiggle around, and dance the cha cha a few times she gave up and ordered “Cathflow” from the pharmacy. Cathflow is kind of like Drain-O for catheters. It took around 15 minutes for the pharmacy to prepare the Cathflow, and then I had to wait another 20 minutes for it to work on the clog before she could finishing flushing the port and “heparinize” it, so between the Cancer Center being busy this morning, and having to “roto-rooter” my port, the 20 minutes I was expecting to spend at the CC this morning turned out to be an hour and a half.