Yesterday I had my port placed. It wasn't a good day.
First of all, the first patient of the day was an hour late. So another doctor demanded to use the room for one of his patients. That procedure was supposed to last about twenty minutes, but instead it lasted over an hour. Then they were able to begin on the regular schedule. So even though my original appointment was at 11, then moved up to 9:30, it didn't start until after one in the afternoon.
This caused my husband to bitch relentlessly about how he hates this hospital and blah blah blah. Finally, my procedure was finished (which was really cool because I was awake and high on sedation meds) and I had to stay at the hospital for another two hours. Which my husband thought was ridiculous and unnecessary. Of course, I was starting to feel pain and nausea, but that didn't matter.
We got ready to leave and my husband bitched some more about how late it was and how much traffic we'd hit. So instead of taking the way we usually go, that we know well, he decided to take another route. One that we don't know. And then there were tolls and traffic and he bitched at me for not knowing which way to go and not being able to properly navigate because I was in pain and trying desperately not to vomit everywhere.
I did manage to navigate and not vomit, but it included a lot of profanity and yelling. Mostly on my part. But I was really irritated that he had literally all day to plan which way to go and didn't do it. I really needed him to be a normal, competent adult for once, and he couldn't do that. I wish I could rely on him for anything. Anything at all. That would be great.
Today I'm in a lot of pain. It isn't unbearable, but it's difficult to move around a lot. I have pain pills, but I'm kind of reluctant to take very many of them. I put an email in to my nurse and I'm waiting to hear back to double check the chemo start date. Supposed to be Monday, hopefully that's still the case. I just want to get this started and finished as soon as possible. Oh! And tomorrow I'm getting a super cute haircut. So there's that.
10:48 a.m. - 2014-06-12