My Repreive

So I was without my constant companion, my pump from Sunday morning in the ER to Wednesday afternoon when I went to see MY surgeon Dr. L after I got done with radiation treatment #12.  Have I told you how much I like Dr. L?  Besides his great bedside manner - he explains everything fully to you, so usually you don't have any questions by the time he is done.  And once again he came through and explained to me that they create a little pocket for the port to rest in and of course that is where the blood would pool.  Then he told me that when the blood starts to coagulate that it turns into a more gelatin like substance and then is absorbed back into the body.  I told him that I had started taking my fish oil and baby aspirin again - and wondered if that had been a problem - he didn't think so.  He wanted to know when Dr. H would like to hook the pump back up - I told him that they wanted him to tell them.  So they went and called Dr. H's office and the nurse came back in to say that they wanted to hook it back up that afternoon.  I said I was afraid that's what they would want to do.  So I got my "baby" backpack back and started on week 3 of the chemo.  Dr. H's nurse told me that they didn't think that I would have to add any days on to the chemo to make up for the days I was without it because they would want to finish up the radiation and the chemo at the same time.  Carrie had met me at Dr. L's office for moral support, since we had no idea what was going to happen.