The oncology nurse had a difficult time finding a workable vein today.All the bigger veins have been used and are hard with scar tissue.
She had to use a smaller vein. She slapped, heated, massaged and tourniquet my lower arm to get one to pop. She poked me several times.
Finally, she hit it. Because the vein was so small she had to slow down the infusion, this made for a longer day. She also could not turn up the saline that dilutes the caustic drugs (I am super sensitive to the caustic nature of these drugs) ... so the vein is really, really angry. My whole arm is aching. But not for long...... I just popped a morphine.
I love morphine.
And yes, I totally expect to enter a room at the end of my treatments, you all sitting there with Ken Seeley, from Intervention A&E TV.
Love the sense of humour you still have after all you have been through :)
ReplyDeleteI can imagine that you were happy to see the end of the day today! Just think, no more chemo, and a rest from all of this for a little while. Hope you recover quickly from today's session and are ready to enjoy some quality time this summer! (Have one more hat finished for you and another one almost finished).
ReplyDeleteHAHA your funny. and yippeee!!! NO MORE CHEMO!
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Teehee. You won't need to morphine soon you'll be high on life.
ReplyDeleteYeah the last one is done. I am sure that you are looking forward to a month of relaxation. Love you
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