Friday morning, we left my in laws early in the morning for my port placement surgery. I had to get an IV placed and for the first time in my life the nurse had a hard time entering my vein. Being poked once in bad enough, but being poked multiple times is downright miserable. I was kind of glad this happened, because at that point I was pretty sure I'd never regret my decision to have a port.
They gave me a dose of antibiotic, and then we went into surgery where they gave me some drugs which broke my "give a care". I technically wasn't put under, but I did have a good nap. I do remember bits and pieces of the procedure, but nothing too traumatic or painful. Basically, I remember them cleaning the surgery site (right below my right collar bone), injecting the numbing agent, some painless pressure and them stitching me back up.
I do have some pretty serious bruising, and feel pretty tender, but Tylenol does relieve most of the pain. I have to leave the bandages on for three days, and have the stitches removed in 10-14 days, and then it sounds like the port is pretty maintenance free, on my part.
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