Chest Port...

Okay so I'm a bit nervous about my chest port being put in tomorrow, I've got to be honest. Yuck. Yes, it will be so much better for the nurses to access my veins, they won't have to search around anymore. So far, they've gone for the veins in my wrist, the top of my hand, and the side of my arm. So I guess once the port is put in, it will be much easier for the nurses. It will also free up my hands so that I can read or do cross-stitch (or whatever I feel like doing during my treatments). Since my treatments range in time from 2 hours to 5 1/2, I have plenty of time for activities :) And since we're going to be doing this for a MIGHTY LONG TIME, I might as well get comfortable. That still brings me back to the fact that I'm nervous :( I can't stand surgeries. Whether it's in-patient or out-patient, they're still cutting into me and inserting a foreign object and it just kind of oogs me out. Okay...enough said, I'm done complaining :) To turn my frown upside down, I will be "grateful" for the fact that I have been offered this opportunity to have a port put in and will look forward to the first treatment where I can freely use my arms.

Today I choose to be GRATEFUL for the love of my family and friends, GRATEFUL for the warm house in which I come home to, GRATEFUL that I have a job w/wonderful benefits, but most of all I'm GRATEFUL to God for keeping me here another day.

Peace to you all ♥ Genie