I did a lot of walking at work today, without pain, but I had a little incident towards the end of the day. I was standing talking to Linda and next thing I knew I was on the ground. I fell! I have no idea how it happened, my leg must have just given out on me. Anyway, I fell back into a table and I have a huge bruise on my hip and my leg is hurting pretty badly. I'm going to have to tell Dr. Nichols when I see him....I'm afraid I might have fractured it. I'm still able to walk, but it looks a little swollen and it hurts to touch it. Hopefully the x-ray will come back normal. I'm scared that if it is a fracture, we'd have to delay chemo.
Tomorrow is PICC line day. A lot of you have asked what a PICC line is, so here's the best definition I could find (thanks, Google!): "A PICC is a long, thin, flexible tube known as a catheter. It is inserted into one of the large veins of the arm near the bend of the elbow. It is then slid into the vein until the tip sits in a large vein just above the heart." It creeps me out to think about it. Here are some illustrations....
I think I'd rather have this than a port though. People with ports still have to get poked every treatment. I'll just have to get "plugged in" and I'll be ready to go.
I still have my hair! Every morning I wake up and slowly touch my hair. For some reason I think that it will fall out while I'm sleeping....I imagine waking up bald. Hasn't happened yet though. And if it does, I'm prepared with wigs. I take it back about wanting it to fall out though ever since I learned how long it takes for it to grow back.
Alright, that's all for now. Maybe I'll post a picture of my picc line tomorrow after it's installed. :)
Thursday is chemo #2. I'm half way there!
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