Any port in a storm, eh?
Well, 5/31 was my port installation.
First, I would like to say a humongo THANK YOU to Elaine for taking me to my appointment. It was really early, and John had to work super late the night before so would have been in no condition to drive me. Having her there with me was very comforting. She reminds me a lot of my mom, and has made it clear I can use her as my mom-away-from-mom. She is a wonderful lady. And I really mean Lady.
It went well, and it doesn’t seem like they have messed up my tattoo too badly. The Dr. was really concerned about that, which I thought was very nice of him. Since the possibility of major surgery is still up in the air, I won’t make plans to fix any issues with it till it is all set an done.
I got the good drugs, then more, then more, because I am one of those people that requires masses doses of anesthetics and sedation for it to work. The nurse kept asking “How you doing in there Jennifer?” and I would answer clearly “Doing great!” “Not sleepy yet?” “Nope.” After the 5th injection, I finally got drowsy enough to start, but not so drowsy that I couldn’t follow their conversation which went something like “That is more blahblah than we’ve given to anyone for this. That’s crazy.” To which I quipped “I did a lot of drugs in high school, maybe that makes it harder for me to be sedated?” “That’s at 300 units. That just doesn’t happen.” I just giggled and drowsed off.
Then I finally kind of nodded off until I felt a sharp pain and woke up with an “OWWW!” “You can feel that???” “Yes- that hurts.” “More lidocaine please. Wow.”
Apparently there are some people with enzymatic differences that make it hard for certain types of medications to work. I certainly hope that when I need surgery, they give me enough of everything to ensure that I don’t feel anything, or wake up during surgery. That is a frightening thought for sure.
The only real problems I have had with it is the fact that they keep using tegaderm on me, it actually rips my skin off and causes blistering just from how tight it is. I know it is extremely hygienic, but I am going to have to have them put a big note on all my chats to not use it. Slap a band-aid on that and let me take my chances! ugh! my neck is completely raw.
The port is not that noticeable from what I can tell. It will be another 4 days till I can take off the steristrips to really see it. The ones on my neck already fell off, I hope that isn’t a big deal. :/
Here are some photos of my MRI biopsy site as well as my tegederm “burns” I will take some of my port incisions later.
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