Numbing cream for port access

Do you guys use numbing cream before port access? I didn't use it the first time because the nurse told me that the pain will be bearable but NO IT WASN'T. IT WAS SO PAINFUL :((((. It felt so uncomfortable too and I could still feel the pain an hour later.

After that, I learnt my lesson and applied numbing cream two hours before every procedure and it did help a bit but it was still painful and I never did get used to the pain even until my last infusion.