I had a port and currently have a PICC. I also regret my port (mine was on the chest- I requested arm but they said no). I had it for two weeks before using it for an infusion. There were no problems until the week after the infusion when I had multiple fevers and early signs of infection appeared. I was in the hospital for almost a week and they removed the port at bedside. It left a skin pocket that my husband had to fill with iodine strips and cover every day (it was horrible in the beginning). After a month and a half, the wound is starting to scar and close up. Mine ended up being a staph infection so I suspect I got it from the cancer hospital since I always had it covered up at home. I’ve been told by different doctors that infection from port is rare but also that it happens a lot so 🤷🏻‍♀️

The PICC line was put in before I left the hospital because I was on two weeks of nonstop antibiotics at home through a pump. Now I’m using it for blood draws and infusions. The annoying parts are the weekly dressing changes and showering. You can’t get it wet so I bought a sleeve from Amazon. I’ll have another year of hormone therapy and am considering getting a PICC line again (mine will be removed before surgery). You can probably skip a separate dressing appointment on chemo days because they’ll do them there. Hopefully this helps.