Demise of the Port

My new chemotherapy regimen began today. I took the Xeloda pills this morning and went to the oncologist's office. I worried that because it had been a couple of months since my treatment there might be an issue with my port. It turned out that I was right as it quickly became clear that the port had flipped over and couldn't be accessed. Long story short, I will have a new port installed on Monday.

Eventually, I learned why they want to use the port, instead of a vein in the arm if possible. After about the first hour, my arm started to ache and got worse for the next 45 minutes or so. It still hurts now, but hopefully will get better over the next couple of hours.

Otherwise, I'm feeling pretty good so far. I'll try to update over the next few days, before school (teaching and graduate school) starts next week.