Jan 15 2010

Port Instructions

Published by at 6:36 pm under Cancer Details

Today I received a call from the hospital that will be installing my port for chemo.  It is scheduled for next Friday.  The port is inserted into your vein right below the collar bone and a cord will come up over the collar bone into the main artery.  Everything will be under the skin.  I will be awake for the procedure and will get plenty of happy medicine like last time 🙂 .   This is very painful to have put in.  Taking it out is the easy part.  The one thing  that bothers me about it is you feel like you just want to rip it out because it is a foreign object in your body that you can feel.  But this is what has to be done.

I am still doing real estate in between my naps.  I do a lot of work from home and still will be able to proceed.  Many of my co-workers have offered to help me out if I need houses shown.  Things are picking up after the Christmas holiday so it is going to be more challenging to keep up.  It does not help that I am a workaholic.  This journey is going to force me to slow down.

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  1. # morgan.amyon 15 Jan 2010 at 9:23 pm

    Amy,

    Josh and I will continue to keep you in our prayers. God will see you through every heartache and success you have with this new journey. Your tribulation will be God’s glory. You have a great man and wonderful children, and each one of us stand behind you.

    I’m so happy to be able to read updates about you, because you’re continually on my heart and I worry about you.

    If you ever need anything, Josh and I are more than willing to help.

    We love you so much.

    Amy