A little set back yesterday at chemo. Mort the port wasn't given a blood return. That's when they push in a drug and then pull back and blood comes back through the tube. I need that with my drugs because if they leak outside of my vein, it can cause severe tissue damage. The blood return says it's in the port correctly and only in my vein.
Since mort wasn't doing so, I had to get an IV and have most of my drugs through that. Lucklily they got me on the first stick and it didn't really hurt. I had to have a special drug shot into my port that dissolves any dried blood that could be blocking the port. I just had a blood draw yesterday and it worked, so maybe some of that blood didhn't dissolve.
Finally, toward the end of my session, we got a return! Hooray. I did't want to have to go to a port specialist and such. Come on Mort, only 4 more times now. (well, 8 if you count blood draws).
The thing about getting the the drugs through an IV is you feel them. they felt cold in my vein. Definitely freaked me out a little.
I'm hanging in there. Choking down anti nausea pills, attempting to eat some toast and tea and basically don't plan on leaving this couch for a while.
I am glad that Mort eventually behaved. Hopefully he got the message and will be fine the rest of the time. And, you are almost there--YOU CAN DO THIS!
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