Follow Up

On Friday I mentioned having my temporary catheter removed, but I wanted to share a little more info on it... especially b/c I have a picture I've been wanting to post and share with you, but I finally got permission to post it online from one of my chemo nurses that happens to be in it!  Ya, ya, ya I'm sure I could have done a little photo shopping, but as easy as that sounds, I don't have the time for it. Not that I really know what I do w/ my time anymore... Jason was on the phone with, well who knows who, but they asked what I was doing and Jason's response was something like, "Oh, she's just wondering aimlessly around the house."  Really?!?  I'm sure I had some really important things I was doing... whatever they were!!!  Anyway, some of you may have heard me refer to it as my PICC Line (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) and it is a small, flexible catheter (tube) that is placed into a vein in your arm and then guided into a larger vein in your chest.  If you refer to the picture attached, this is actually my PICC line that was removed on Friday.  The butterfly looking thing in the middle is what was attached to my arm and the long cord to the left of it is what was threaded through my veins and ultimately ended up in my Superior Vena Cava (What?!?  Of course I knew what that was before this ordeal... I mean who doesn't know what a Superior Vena Cava is?!?).  A diagram will be posted below that helps show what I'm talking about...

Other than that, it "appears" that the sores in my mouth are getting better... after close to 3 weeks they better!!  In the meantime I'm making a list of all the things I'll be able to eat (and drink) when they clear up... I'm fully aware that it's likely I'll gain 20 lbs this weekend (I'm being very optimistic that these sores WILL clear up by then)!  And you know what, I'm going to enjoy every second and pound of it!!!