POWER Port!

"There is no such thing as no chance." -Henry Ford

 Good day to you all.  This morning I headed once more to the hospital to get my Power Port inserted prior to chemo this Thursday.  I went in feeling pretty confident...

We told my daughter this was a kilt

After a quick shave/epilady of my chest followed by a nice warm scrubdown of the area I was wheeled off to surgery once again.

Now, I'm not sure how many of you have had surgery to know what "twilight" sedation is, but to sum it up, instead of putting a patient completely under it's kind of like a drunken stupor without the hangover the next day.  Typically I am a pretty cheap date - the nurse starts the anesthesia and the next thing I know I'm waking up back in my room with drool running down my chin.  Not so today.  She must have administered it much slower than normal because I got to feel every needle full of local anesthetics.  It's kind of unnerving considering they are inserting the catheter straight into my jugular (chemo burns up smaller veins and must be administered into larger veins like the jugular).  The "port" portion was inserted into my chest between the skin and pectoral muscles.  The doc said I have pretty tough skin.  He was having a time of it trying to get the port in there.  The result?

Hey, that wasn't too bad! Sponsored by Lay's

So here I sit back at home.  The meds are wearing off so the pain is coming on.  It feels like hammer blows to my chest right now.  For now I will rest.  Next post will be chemo round #1...

"I can finally see

that You're right there beside me

I am not my own

I have been made new

please don't let me go

I desperately need You"

-Meteor Shower, Owl City