I had an uneventful surgery yesterday to implant the port in my chest that will be how I will get the chemo into my body from now on. Although it looks like this right now: According to Mason and my good friend Jeff, this is really how it is: Mason Read more…
Courtesy of http://www.haemophilia.ie/content.php?id=3&article_id=284&level3_id=286 Today I go in for surgery to implant a port similar to this under my skin. It will allow me to get chemo doses and blood draws with little pain until this ordeal is done. This will require general anesthesia. Please pray for me. The last time Read more…
I’ve come to realize that most of the symptoms I’ve had since coming home from the hospital have not been from the surgery or the first dose of chemo but have actually been due to withdrawals from the painkillers I’ve been dosed with. I’ve now weaned myself slowly from 30 Read more…
After being handed off through a number of different departments on this adventure, this is where I will be calling home at least weekly for the next 15 weeks. Friday, November 8th starts my chemotherapy in earnest with an 8 hour infusion here. After that, I’ll be here weekly (if Read more…
Thankfully, today I got to say goodbye to this PICC line that allowed so much to happen the last two months. It allowed medicines to be injected into my heart and blood taken easily for testing. Thanks again to my wife for administering 6 weeks of IV antibiotics through it. Read more…