Tuesday, 12/7/10
I arrived at the surgical center at 7:30 AM to fill out the obligatory paperwork, which was identical to what I had submitted for my colonoscopy the month before. While being prepped for surgery I had various nurses and doctors ask me a series of questions over and over again while scribbling on their clipboards and my response was always the same, no. I felt like saying yes just to change it up and see if they were paying attention, but I refrained. I did undergo general anesthesia, but the procedure lasted less than an hour. When I woke up in recovery my throat was a little irritated from the intubation tube. I had two incisions, one on the right side of my chest where I could see my spiffy new Bard Power Port protruding under the skin and a smaller incision just below my neck on the same side for the port catheter, which had been inserted into the right subclavian or jugular vein and threaded down into the superior vena cava just above the heart. Sleeping on my side was a little uncomfortable at first, but I think that had more to do more the Tegaderm cover pulling on my neck.
Left panel: frontal view of chemo port. Right panel: side view of chemo port. |
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