Xrays and mediports

Today I go in to have a mediport installed. A mediport is like a semi-permanent IV. This makes it a lot easier to get chemo drugs into your system, as well as any blood draws for lab work. They're also going to take a chest x-ray to see if there's any obvious signs of spreading. Having a mediport installed really brings home the fact that I have cancer. It's going to be hard staying in denial with something sticking out of my chest.

Early next week I'll meet with my oncologist and start pre-operative treatment to shrink the tumor as much as possible before surgery. Being bald might be an interesting look, though I'm sure I'll be creepy without eyebrows and eyelids. Maybe Jen can draw fake ones on me like the women who pluck them out and draw them in.

I think this blog is going to be a great way of staying focused as well as keeping everyone up to date about what's going on. Be forewarned, I'm not going to edit this very much, so there may be times when there's a lot of raw emotion/fear/panic that may scare some of you. That's just me going through things, and putting it down on virtual paper is going to be very therapeutic (I hope).

Cj