D-Day cont.

Had to be at the Brigham by 6 am, but of course, we got behind some slow ass bitch getting to the pike.  Really?!  It's 5 in the morning, you must have to be somewhere, so speed the fuck up!!  We were a half hour late.  But it was ok.  Got my blood work done and brought to pre- op.  My nurse, Laurel, has the same birthday as me!  We're both fools!  They explained the whole procedure and I even got to see and feel the "super port" as they call it!  

This is my first step to becoming bionic!! LOL

Once in the OR, I got moved to their table and it felt like a temperpedic, it conformed to me.  Nice warm blankets and I was very comfortable.  Then I got my cocktail of "twilight" drugs to put me into a semi-conscious state.  I liked that!  It looked like the lights on the ceiling were moving.  Ahhh...so relaxed.  Don't remember a thing!  But the procedure went perfect, with no problems.  This is going to make things so much easier for me, much less painful.

Went to recovery for about 45 min or so, and my nurse Bill was awesome!  

Now it was chemo time.  Saw LaTasha after so long, it was great to see her, that girl just cracks me up!  Always brings a smile to my face!  Love her!  I had my bestest nurse, Jade.  Chemo went flawlessly and most important, pain free!  My left arm STILL hurts from last week's chemo.  

Pain meds started to wear off and that's when I started to feel a little soreness and a lot of tenderness.  I felt like I got a piece of furniture slammed into my clavicle area.  Ouchie.  Bandages need to stay on for 48 hours.  Can't get it wet.  It's such a great thing I don't have to work on Monday in the office, gives me another day to chill.  I brought some easy work home.  Thank you to my boss for being the most awesomeness boss I've ever had. 

We got home a little bit past 6pm, more than thirteen hours later.  It's been a LOOOONG day.  I'm in bed and I took some pain killers and now I'm getting drowsy.  The pain has ebbed so that's a blessing.

And Thom, you are amazing!  I love you so much and you take care of me so well.  You're thoughtful and considerate and it means the world to me!  Muah!