Tuesday I spent the afternoon at Methodist Hospital getting my medi-port inserted into my chest. Most of the time was spent waiting for a surgery room to open up. Once it did, I was in and out in 30 minutes...so I'm told. I was knocked out with whatever wonderful drugs they gave me so I didn't have to do the biting the stick routine again. I was home and catching up on work by 7:00pm. I credit Dr. Joe Johnston for a superb job.
Wednesday was spent with half of my chest quite sore and shaved, but it's worth it because this will make things much easier when I get chemo. The IV will just be plugged into my medi-port which in turn is already connected to a large vein. The port is actually just beneath my skin and the area will be numbed before I get hooked up during chemotherapy.
