Appt Today Monday 18th 2010

Well today I went to my follow up appointment for the surgeon to check out how I was healing. While I was there he informed me that the cancer doctor had called him and wanted me to get the mediport inserted asap. So I'm booked in for Wednesday. 


I will go in and be put under so it can be fitted because I didn't want to be awake for this one and defo not looking forward to it.


I spent most of the afternoon and evening at All Children's Hospital with my son as he is having surgery next Wednesday for his back so its been a busy time for us all and I'm totally worn out right now. I just need to get him through his op and on the road to recovery and then I can think about me.


Will post again so you know what is going on.

A port (sometimes called by brand names such as Port-a-cath or Mediport) inserted in your chest during a short outpatient surgery. A port is a small disc made of plastic or metal about the size of a quarter that sits just under the skin. A soft thin tube called a catheter connects the port to a large vein. Your chemotherapy medicines are given through a special needle that fits right into the port. You also can have blood drawn through the port. When all your cycles of chemotherapy are done, the port is removed during another short outpatient procedure.