Hi Stefanie, I am glad to hear you are finding some relief from the IV saline. I wanted to say that I have a port that was placed about 3 years ago. I also have EDS and the surgery was no problem. I had more issues with the anaesthesia. The local anesthesia didn't numb me at all so they knocked me out and when I woke up I had a brand new port. I love my port, it is so easy to take care of. I also have a picc line and I am not as thrilled with that as I am of the port. ( keeping the picc line dry is hard ) Your port will make your IV's much much easier, I think you will be pretty happy with it. My doctor was just a basic surgeon at Stanford, I don't really know what his title was, he knew very little about EDS, but he had put in many ports. I think the ports can be put in under a local anesthesia but since you have EDS I am not sure if you can get numb. I hope you find a doctor soon and can get back to school ! Hugs, Rebecca