Well it is my first week back to work and I have appointment 4 out of 5 days. Tuesday is my port placement, Wednesday is the stress test with the cardiologist, Thursday is the plastic surgeon and Friday is my first day of chemo.
Today was my port placement. The procedure itself wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The took me in the back and then put in an IV for the "happy juice". This is just to take the edge off. Once in the room, they do an ultrasound to check the neck vein. Then he does some local anesthesia that feels like a bee sting. After that he put in the tube to the vein first and then placed the port in the chest. Stitched it up and closed it up and then I was sent back to the room to wait for an hour just to make sure everything was alright.
I can tell you that although the procedure was easy, it is not too fun after the local wears off. I am having more of an issue with the neck area than the chest area. That may be because the chest is still numb from the mastectomy.... not sure but it is so bad that I am hitting the pain meds.... lots of ice and you have to keep stretching it but man it hurts. I sure hope it gets better tonight because I have that stress test tomorrow.
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