My Moan-day

Hi all! I had the longest day yesterday. I was at Kaiser the whole day for doctor's appointments. I like scheduling my appointments all at the same day but sometimes it can get tedious and by the end of the day, I am wiped.

Yesterday, I did my heart scan in the morning. One thing that sucks about having a surgery was that it was on my right arm - my good arm. The arm I use to write, brush my hair, eat my food, wipe my butt... you know, my favorite arm. Well, I guess I have been taking this favorite arm forgranted because yesterday, the left arm did not bring any veins with him so they pretty much poked me all over the place looking for a vein. My right arm had all the popping veins and we couldn't touch it because it was the surgical site. Crazy huh!

After the heart scan, my chemo lady Gloria sent me to get more blood work and EKG for chemo prep. They took 6 tubes of blood! I believe the actual count is now 12 tubes that they have taken from me in the past 2 months. 12 tubes! (Enough to feed a vampire... haha for those who get it)

They are installing a port on Thursday. They say ports are the best way when doing chemo. I guess its installed under the skin and everytime they need to draw blood or give me treatments, they just poke at the same place. Better than looking for a vein on my uncooperative arm! Im kind of scared of this "port thing" but everybody seems to really like it so we shall see. Im about to google it, but last time I googled something cancer-related, I ended up in hysterics so hopefully its not that bad!!

Also saw the surgeon yesterday. She said I could go swimming now (but cant after Thursday cause of the port). She also said that the site would be hard for awhile but should tenderize after chemo. Then harden again during radiation therapy.

Physical therapy was cancelled today. They rescheduled me for next week.

I was so tired yesterday that my mom felt I needed a boost so she bought me 5 pairs of shoes. :) :) :)