It’s strange being at the infusion center without my port. It’s nice to not have to worry about it being clogged and having to stay longer!
A few weeks ago, I had a tough time having blood drawn for some routine blood tests, so I was not looking forward to that this morning at the infusion center. The nurse warmed up my arm, used a small needle, and found a good vein right away. Unfortunatly, the easiest veins to acces are on my left arm, which we are not allowed to use because I had lymph nodes removed.
Anyways….I’m here for my bone strengthening infusion again. No big deal. 🙂
The blood tests I had a few weeks ago showed that my cholesterol levels are great, but my vitamin D was very low. Having a vitamin D deficiecy apparantly can cause bone pain. Hmmmmmm. Interesting. Now I am wondering if I was haivng bone pain from the hormone blocking pill or from that. So I’m on a huge dose of vitamin D for a bit and started up the hormone blocking pill again. What a journey this is!!
On the 27th, I am heading in for surgery again. I have some very large uncomfortable scars from the previous surgery on my healthy breast, so the plastic surgeon is going to remove those and then I will have radiation for 3 days on those scars to hopefully prevent them from coming back so large and painful.
Never a dull moment…really…
Oh…and we are now officially parents of a teenager. Our oldest turned 13 on the 8th.
Happy Birthday Teenager!!!
Our baby is growing up!! I remember telling everyone by mouth, by letter, by phone when my 13th rolled around. Congrats to Sage and good luck to mom and dad (ha!). You are a trooper! Such an amazing godly example for the rest of us! Love you!
What a journey. Isn’t the body totally amazing? So complicated and yet so divinely perfect in how it just seems to work! We never think about all these nutrients normally UNTIL something goes wrong and then suddenly we are ‘right-on-it’ to supplement and find out where do you get these vitamins anyway?!!
Thank you for sharing with us and I do find it all so fascinating. Amazing that you can have the old scars removed and that doctor’s have found a way to eliminate the new scars. Only God can fill their minds with such knowledge. So comforting, for you, to have the Ultimate Physician in charge of your body, mind and soul!
Have a blessed day in His Presence. Gird up for the ‘teen’ years!
PS: when younger, I donated my blood quite often with eagerness to help another. However, since my late 60s, my veins have become smaller and more difficult to find and I gave up donating because the poor nurses had so much difficulty. Now, when necessary, my hand is the only place they can make a direct contact!
Will keep you in my prayers. Sorry you are facing these problems.