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Leaving in about an hour to head to the hospital. Today is the day I get the port placed. From everything we've been told, it'll be inserted under the skin just on the right of my chest, a few inches above the breast.

Local anesthetic, sedation. Which, of course, means an IV, so I'm in for a fun afternoon. Hopefully I sleep through most of it.

Once placed, it'll have a few days to heal up properly, and then Friday is the big day. I will likely feel fine on Friday - they pump you full of steroids and anti-nausea meds. It's the following two to four days I'm not sure about, as we just don't know what symptoms I'll have. The most common tend to be nausea/vomiting, body aches similar to flu aches, and fatigue. And hair loss, but that will take a couple weeks, I'm told.

I tell you, I am not looking forward to having to walk around here with Kleenex stuffed up my nose; you lose ALL your hair, even the little ones up inside your nose. I am stuffed up due to spring allergies, and just-. Urgh. Am also not liking the idea of possibly vomiting. I loathe doing it, and haven't in years. Felt like it, but always manage to stop it. I still have a few internal stitches working on dissolving, and am afraid of messing something up.

Already saved a couple of cute head coverings on Amazon. I made a wish list for cancer stuff and titled it, "What a Bitch." *snorts out a laugh* They also gave me this great three-ring binder full of all kinds of handy information, and it included a booklet from the American Cancer Society with hats, wigs, scarves, etc. I was actually pleasantly surprised at the prices, there are plenty of cute things in the $10-30 range. Even a few wigs under $60, though I don't know if I'll bother with those. Apparently some insurances will cover that kind of thing, though I haven't bothered to see if mine is one of them.

Hoping for good sedation, I was allowed breakfast before 8:30 this morning, but nothing since, so I'm starting to feel hangry. Am also battling a headache, but that's just because I haven't had caffeine yet today...which I also can't have until dinner. And to top it all off, as I mentioned previously, frigging spring allergies. I never used to have them, but last year and this year? WTF.

Positive: I am not bleeding, and never will again. *thumbs up*
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