Day -8

So yesterday afternoon I received my Hickman catheter.  The procedure its self didn't really hurt so much, just a lot of pressure...they don't put you fully out for the procedure, they just give you some "happy" drugs.  The catheter is a little bigger than I thought it was going to be and a little more sore than I inticipated.

                                                      

Yep, all those wires are coming out of my chest...sooooo not comfortable.

Shortly after getting back to apartment from the hospital, I received a call from my doctor saying that an emergency had come up and they would be unable to get me admitted on Thursday morning as planned because they had no beds available.  Luckily, this would not delay the start of my treatment.  I was still able to begin my chemo this morning as scheduled, I just had to do it as an outpatient at the bone marrow clinic instead of in the hospital.

Chemo this morning went as chemo normally goes, just sit in a chair while the nurse comes and goes hanging various bags meds to pump into me.  Very uneventful.  I did get a little anxious after the nurse gave me the anti nausea meds, apparently that's one of the side effects, but I thought it was me having an anxiety attack from the whole not being admitted to the hospital as planned and missing my family.  I'm glad it was the meds and not me, it's way to early in the game to start falling apart.

So now I'm just sitting here waiting for the doctor's office to call me and let me know when a bed is available for me in the hospital, hopefully it will be soon.