Ports In

One of the things that we found out is that they put a port into his chest, just below the collar bone that has a line into the jugular. They use this to put the chemo in and to draw blood from. The port was put in earlier this week and he goes back to have it checked on Tuesday. We start the chemo on Wednesday. We are being told that the first day we have to go to a chemo class, along with the lab, dr appt and the actual chemo and to plan for the whole day. They say that he will have chemo on Wednesdays and be sent home with a pump that will continue to pump medicine in him until Friday, when the pump is removed. This is going to happen every other week for 6 months.

There are just so many things that are unknown. You can research and find out about the process, but everyone is different and what may effect one person may not effect someone else. If I could tell anyone anything it would be to be prepared for a lot of doctor visits for a variety of things. Also, prepare yourself for the emotional roller coaster. I am a very rational, business like person and I just treat this as a process, but every so often I start to thing the "what if". Try not to go there... you need to be strong for the other person who is already thinking "what if". Talk to your friends, write a blog... even if no one sees it, it helps to get it out of your head. It's kinda like that movie "I don't know how she does it" with Sarah Jessica Parker. She makes lists while she is suppose to be sleeping... lists of things that she needs to do or take care of. Ours is have the port checked on Tuesday, take the dog to day camp so we can go to the oncologist on Wednesday all day, back on Friday to have the pump removed, this project needs this done at work, the other one needs that... it seems like it is never-ending, but you get through it, one day at a time.