The Day After

I have to admit, Monday having the port a cath put in has been the worst experience so far. I had a headache before I even went to the hospital for the out patient surgery. I did not eat enough the day before and was starving and I had no caffeine so had that dull achy head. Dr. Thompson is awesome as always along with the staff at Memorial Hospital. I woke up in recovery and had the same headache. My blood pressure finally came down enough and I went to another room awaiting release. In there I had some water and a cracker. I was not feeling good but wanted to get released. I went to the bathroom and just standing up all my insides erupted and I threw up three times (at least I was already in the bathroom and made no mess). The nurse was wonderful and I got back to the room, sat for a minute and she realized I just wanted to go home. She gave me a big plastic bag and said stick my head in there if I needed and for me to go home and have Joe do everything for me. I got home, fell asleep in the big blue chair, took a darvocet and when I woke up from my pill I almost felt human. The port already has been more painful and caused me more discomfort than the mastectomy. It is going to be a long week - chemo is Thursday........but I have off Friday and then the weekend to recoup maybe. I know I can take on anything given to me and God has a bigger plan for me - he just hasn't let me know what that is yet.

Talk to you tomorrow. God Bless.