Day 5: Is That All? Piece of Cake!

Today was day 5 of treatment and Dr. Shah came into to talk with me. This is the first time she seemed to be pleased with me, in general. For the first time, she mentioned that the 28 days of IV treatment is "probably just a start" and IV treatment is probably going to be longer. Not unexpected... but nice to hear her say it out loud. My appointment with Dr. Asad is this afternoon (2 pm). I somewhat look forward to this appointment... if only to get some answers about how to get rid of this blasted headache. I feel like the rotating advil/tylenol isn't doing anything. So, maybe Dr. Asad will have some better solutions.

Back to treatment. Although my arm is a little sore from the PICC line (bruised is more like it), the treatment went well. The nurses all were so positive about the line and the treatment went much more smoothly now that the port doesn't require jabbing and hunting for veins. I have to say.... my infusion nurses have been very kind, sweet, and nice. They have gone that extra mile to make me feel safe and supported. I will have to do something nice for them after these treatments are over... I bet they get people doing that a lot, though. My "favorite" nurse was in today and I hope she'll be in when Stephen goes with me tomorrow. She just has this great sense of humor and keeps positive about everything. I was complaining slightly about the insurance company being goofy yesterday. Her reply? "Having all this stuff happen gives you plenty of stuff to write about on that blog of yours!" I was shocked they even knew I blogged. They said that the IV tech mentioned it to them... I guess I said something about the last stick being something I'd have to write about on the blog. It makes me feel good to get a happy greeting from the nurses.... at least they don't think, "Ohh, crud. There's Mrs. Wenzel again!" Or at least they don't say it out loud. PowerPicc wearer OUT!