Another surgery down today.  This time to put in a port-o-cath.  What it is exactly, I still don't know other than it is supposed to make chemo easier insofar as not having to dig at veins to insert needless.  I got a brochure with it and it looks like it's a triangular device and tube under the skin that goes into a vein.  Crap. I wanted it to look like the thingy Ironman had.  Oh well.  It's supposed to be flushed every 4 weeks so I'll have to find out who does that and how.  It looks like I'm supposed to wear a wrist band and keep a tag on my key chain that says I have it too.  This surgery I only had a MAC....which I guess is less sedation than I had before.  But I sure didn't feel as good when I woke up.  I was very groggy and my sinuses were really swollen and itchy.  But it wore off quickly and I was able to walk out of the hospital.    

I'm supposed to take the blood thinner warfarin and it has all sorts of precautions about making sure I don't risk making myself bleed.  I wonder if agility counts!?  There's a trial I REALLY want to enter next month.  There's some test the prescription info talks about to make sure my blood doesn't get too thin.  Who does that I wonder?  Not gonna worry about that today.  Gotta rest up again now for a couple.....

Well, chemo starts next Tuesday.  The Oncologist and I had a nice talk about it last week and I feel it's the right decision to make sure those nasty Her-2 receptors die.  Also if any cancer jumped the lymph nodes and is hiding out somewhere it will help there too.  I have lots of questions about how long I'll be there and what I need to bring.  There is also something about needing to ice my hands and feet during the infusion too.......sssssooooooo that's what I'm doin' once a week for the next 12.  Theoretically, I shouldn't feel too badly and should be able to keep most of my hair.  I simply love my new short do too by the way!

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