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Thanks spectre
Spinelust. The hardest part is the definately the waiting. I was lucky since the doctors that I needed were freinds or friends of friends and things moved really fast for me but when I was waiting it was really tough.
I did not expect the worst, but I was realistic about it. I did not dillude myself into thinking that it was nothing but I also did not just expect that the worst possible outcome was what it was going to be.
That is also not to say that while I was first waiting to see a doctor I read many things on the internet that scared the crap out of me. Even with very specific symptoms, you can plug those into a medical site and get a wide range of results back most of which can be ruled out with a few simple question from a professional or some tests. This is why the waiting sucks. Until one sees a professional who knows the diagnostic steps they can spend hours/days/weeks/months thinking up the most horrible things. Our minds are very powerful - until I was able to speak to a doctor I could not focus on anything (work, family...anything). I hope the time passes quickly.
Over the last few days my arm has been hurting me a bit. More specifically I am sure that it is the vein that I received the chemo through (two treatments through the same vein so far) that is sore. I can feel that the part of the vein where it is near the surface of my skin (the part that they put the IV in) is hard and tight. The questions that I am going to ask the doctor are
- Is any vein damage permanent?
- Should I be switching veins each time?
- Is there anything I can do to reduce damage to the vein?
I want to avoid a port (catheter, direct line, whatever they are called). I would just rather not have one.
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Sticky The Stickman
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