Here is the change in plans
The surgeon stopped in. Tomorrow night he will install the port. a port is a large tube installed near the collar bone, and inserted into the vein coming from the arm, it joins to the vein coming from the head, and then joins the other side in the center under the sternum. this gathering point is the largest pool of blood in the body.
they can inject chemicals though the port into this pool. the size of the pool allows the docs to inject a large amount of chemicals without damage or irritation due to the dilution.
chemo will start on Monday. she will go home on tuesday with a pumpattached to her hip. this contains the fourth chemical that takes 2 days to inject. she then goes to the doc on wed to get that removed.
this is the process for 6 weeks. then they do some testing to see if it is helping.
there was no discussion about the what if beyond that point, but they intend to use the chemo for 5-6 months either way.
Post by: TDetroit