Please use my Port

This morning early I went  had blood work done. I needed to have it done before my CTScan &  Ultra sound this week.. I don't know why it is but when I tell them I have a port-a-cath. in my chest (they the technicians) seem to get flustered and want to draw blood the other way. I have come to the point that I insist they use the Cath. It is easier on me, they are not fighting looking for a decent vein. There was a time I didn't say a word but no longer!! I usually end up leaving like a back alley junkie with my arms black&blue from bruising. I bring my own needle, I have Emula cream, carry extra gloves in my bag so there should be no problems.I have it flushed monthly no biggie...... A little Heprin and Saline voila all done!  Yet every time I encounter someone who is resistant insisting they can get a vein no problem. After three attempts I tell them it's enough now we do it my way!! I have basically concluded they just don't know how to use it..Even when I was on the Oncology floor a few nurses were reluctant in using it. Now I had one nurse. Lord I loved her. She was very much Old School. she still wore the total nurses uniform from the white cap to her shoes and stockings. She would come in my room when I needed an IV hooked up. Lay back she'd say  within a minute I was hooked up and dripping lol She never missed a beat!I believe she was in her early seventies, Old School but she was proficient, always had the best smile on for her patients,..most of all she knew exactly what she was doing.