This is not how I intended to ring in the New Year

The past two weeks were pretty uneventful on the cancer front....yay! Then yesterday I had an appointment with the Oncologist and it seems the lull is over and the party is beginning. Dr. S. had all of the test results back and he was raring to go. This morning I went in and had my chemo port put in, then tomorrow it's off to "chemo school" to learn about all the fun they have in store for me over the next few months. They'll also go ahead and schedule my first chemo treatment for sometime next week. Then we go straight out to the hospital for a muga scan which is a brief heart test they have to do to make sure I don't have any underlying problems that could be worsened by the chemo drugs.

Having the port put in was NOT fun. Actually the putting in part wasn't too bad because the nice anesthesiologist gave me very good drugs that pretty much knocked me out for the procedure. It's the after-effect that I'm having a problem with. I thought it would be pretty much like the biopsy with a little tenderness and swelling where they did the incision. Wrong-O!!! I feel like someone has driven a dagger through my right shoulder. I spent most of the day resting and getting over the anesthesia, but it's been hard to get comfortable. I'm hoping this goes away in a day or two. I have a baby to take care of and groceries to buy. I don't have time for this! Not to mention the fact that it's seriously cutting into my Wii time.

Anyway, that's where we stand for now. I'll post more updates as we go along or teach Bob how to do it for me. For now, I'm taking some pain meds and heading back to bed.

Hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!!!!