Port placed. No issues with the pre-op tests (which I didn't even know they did) or the actual surgery. My arm feels like it's been hit by a train though. They forgot to tell me I can't use that arm for several days!!!! I have a whole stack of like 120 t-shirts I was planning on prepping during recovery the next couple of days for some commission quilts but that big plan is out the window now.
The ports are apparently either getting smaller or I have a different type than the ones I've seen recently. I don't think it's even as big as a nickle. As they were explaining about the steri-strips and when to take the bandages off and such, the doctor started telling me what to do if my bra strap irritated it, then stopped and just looked at me and then we laffed and laffed. He knows I don't wear a bra. And for the first time EVER the back of my hand is not sore from the IV. That may change, but for now I'm taking it as a good sign. One of the two IVs from yesterday blew a vein though, so I have a nice, pretty bruise and a big knot on the other arm. The anesthesiologist woke me up at one point to give me my daily steroids to "reduce my stress." Not sure how to have any less stress than falling asleep sitting up on a hospital gurney, but whatever. Just as an FYI, they taste just as bad through the IV as they do in pill form. From walk-in to walk-out time this morning was just under 4 hours.
Aidan is on her way over with Greek take-out. I'll play with the baby for a few minutes, eat lunch and then head back to bed. Nothing planned next week but a mani/pedi (it will be a year before I can do that again!! WAHHH!!!) and one short endo appointment to check blood work on Friday. The "real" journey starts the following week on Monday when I get my first chemo treatment.
My new 'do!
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