Surgery

I will have surgery and a new port put in. Unfortunately it won't be soon. Since the nurses are struggling putting the needle in and I have to have it done next Wednesday, the doctor at IVR wants me to come down the morning of my appointment for the pammi and HE will insert the needle. I'm kind of glad he will get first chance to see what a pain it is. Then sometime in the next 3 weeks I will go back in and have my port replaced.

Moon Face

What is Moon Face you ask?? When some people are on steroids, they swell up. A common reaction is swelling of the face and neck. Well lucky me got it hard. My entire face and neck have been swollen since May. I wasn't going to show it but I figured since I've shown everything else, I might as well add this. I'm embarrassed by it but there is nothing I can do about it. I am slowly reducing the steroids but it will take a long time for my face to shrink back to it's normal size :(.

Here we go again...

I am still giving myself Fragmin - blood thinners- via needle twice a day. In the last couple weeks my tummy was looking really good, so much so that nearly every bruise was either faded or gone. My skin was looking white again. Well that didn't last long. About 4 days ago one bruise was about 5 inches wide. I just ignored it until I woke up one morning and saw a reflection in the mirror and it was HUGE. Then it became sore and bigger and bigger. It then started to raise up and became red. I was concerned that it was becoming full of blood like the last one that needed to be aspirated (blood sucked out). I decided to go to the local clinic to see what doc had to say. In the end he asked me if I thought I should go to the hospital emergency. I said yes and he agreed. So off Peter, Zoe and I went. Grabbed some supper on the way down, knowing we'd likely be in the ER for awhile....Had some rough handling from the female doctor *ouch* and they decided they would not do anything. I was told to wrap my tummy with compression bandage and put ice on it and take pain killers. So I have both extra strength tylenol, morphine and although I hate ice on me, I am going to put cold/wet facecloths in a sandwich bag in the freezer and use those. Rather than a tensor bandage Peter suggested a "girdle" I had from over 20 years ago and it STILL FIT!!!!! It really smooshes my swollen bruise flat and keeps it from sagging which causes a lot of pain. Hopefully I can just take it easy today and rest up.

Here are some lovely NOT photos.