A quiet Monday set the stage for a tumultuous mid-week. On Tuesday I was expected at the local hospital at 8:50, at 7:40 they called and said they were ahead of schedule and I could come in earlier if I chose to. I was there within a half-hour, around 9:30 or so they took me into the OR for the placement of the chemotherapy port. I required a ride home and arranged for Don to help out, I was home by 12:30 and went directly to the recliner to sleep off the rest of the anesthesia. On Wednesday I had the first round of treatment at the health campus, it took about four hours to complete. They hooked me up to a portable pump about the size of a transistor radio which I must stay attached to and carry around until Friday morning, a nurse will be here to remove it until my next treatment when the process is repeated. That next session is on September 3 so it's two days with the pump and twelve without until the entire treatment is completed sometime in January. On Thursday I had lunch with Jenny carrying the pump in a blue pouch they provided, it's a pain in the a$$ but it has to be done. The Stormers were at home during the week but I was absent from all three games, Tuesday because I was recovering for the operation and the next two nights because of the "iffy" weather forecast. The ballclub is away until Labor Day Weekend when Staten Island returns. Take care, thanks for reading.
