And it will take some getting used to the pump he's wearing until we go have it removed on Friday. I'll try to get a picture of that at some point. It feeds the main chemo very slowly in over the course of 4 days.
They gave him a little thing, sort of a cheesey fanny pack, to wear around his waist to hold the pump and excess tubing which is attached to the port on his chest, but it doesn't stay tight. We're trying it above his suspenders now, hoping that will help it stay in place. We may try putting the strap through his belt loops, although that might complicate trips to the bathroom... The man has no butt at all, so nothing to help it stay up! LOL
He had the best nurse ever today, Linda, so we hope to see her every time now. They fed us both lunch - even had me come in to sit with him to eat. The Center wasn't at all crowded today - I was the only person waiting for long out in the hall, unlike the busy, noisy crowds typical when we went on Wednesdays.
And, although we have anti-nausea and anti-diarrhea oral meds they gave us to take home, he feels perfectly fine so far! We'll go back on Friday to have them remove the pump, then two weeks off before the next session.
Fingers crossed he doesn't have any dramatic side effects develop, although they warned that the worst days would be next week, so we'll have to see how it goes...
Oh, and the port was great: just one stick and done - everything fed into the one thing. Joy!
That's a bit of relief for us. We were both a little nervous how these sessions would go. And how the port would work. As it turned out? Easy-peasy!
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