This cancer journey is making life a total roller coaster.
Monday I went back to the surgeon because I thought there was some swelling happening around the site of where one of the drains were located. Yeah....no swelling just fatty tissue:) But I talked with him about his opinion of a port. He advised me that a port was needed since I can't have any blood pressure or sticks on my right arm (no lymph nodes) and the left arm has been compromised because of the sentinel node biopsy.
So today I went to visit with the nurse practitioner and have an echocardiogram. I explained the surgeon's opinion and she said she would discuss it with the oncologist. (Needless to say I am having a port inserted.) She discussed all the side effects of the chemotherapy and just generally scared the shit out of me! But most of it I all ready knew from the experiences of my sister. I signed paperwork and now we are just waiting on the oncotype results. This may take up to 7 business days. I also need the results of the heart test which should be available tomorrow.
It looks like my first infusion will be the week after next. I will find out tomorrow when the port will be inserted. In the meantime I got the new "boob" look and going to get my wig tomorrow.
This is about all the excitement I can handle for the week unless that grandson of ours decides to make his entrance soon.
Enjoy the warm weather that is finally coming to Missouri.
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