December 21, 2016
This is the morning I got my port surgically placed. A port is this little thing they attach to one of your veins in your chest so they can put the chemo through that vein instead of tearing up the veins in your arms every week.
I tried googling what to expect and honestly I found so many different responses that I didn't come to any conclusion on what the experience would be.
Turns the whole process was about 10 minutes and nothing to worry about.
They took me and mom back to a room. My mom sat in a little waiting area, in the same room as the surgical area.
I changed into a hospital top, they put an IV in my arm and then helped me onto the surgical bed. I had to keep my head turned to the left. They covered my face a bit with towels and I could feel them cleaning the chest area. The nurse then told me she was going to put in the twilight medicine. It wouldn't knock me but it would put me in a dazed state. I honestly didn't feel it at all. Then the surgical assistant said he was going to give me a few shots to numb me and I would feel a little poke, again, I didn't feel those at all either. Not even a little bit.
Then the doctor came in and in less than 10 minutes, he was done. The assistant stitched me up and that was that. I didn't feel anything. I wasn't even dizzy.
Mom and I went straight from here to my first chemo appointment.
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