I have an appointment to remove my port!

meinken
meinken Member Posts: 38
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Just got back from the Med. Onc. My scans from last week were clean. I am about 14 months from diagnosis (NPC) and 10 months from the end of radiation. During the first Chemo treatments (about a year ago), I developed bilateral pulmanary embolisms and after a brief hospital stay I have since been on Coumadin. The doc told me I could stop taking that too. Not only for the port removal but for good.

So a good visit...Ned, one less drug to take, and the dang port is comming out.

Thank you again, everyone here. Y'all have been a calming influence and massivly helpful during this trial.

Oh, and I go on my first vacation since diag., next week. Phoenix for spring training baseball, and staying at a hotel/casino. My two passions, Baseball and Blackjack, on one trip. Yippeeeee!

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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #2
    Deported & Well Deserved Vacation
    Congrats...enjoy and have fun.......

    Best,
    John
  • ratface
    ratface Member Posts: 1,337 Member
    #3
    have a great vacation and congrats
    Well, it will be nice to celebrate. Congrats on the milestone! Who do you watch in phoenix or is there a variety of spring training going on?
  • Greg53
    Greg53 Member Posts: 849
    #4
    ratface said:

    have a great vacation and congrats
    Well, it will be nice to celebrate. Congrats on the milestone! Who do you watch in phoenix or is there a variety of spring training going on?

    Congrats!
    Congrats all the way around!!!

    Now if you're gambling, my only advice is not to bet on the Cubbies, unless it's for a last place finish (ok, now we'll see how long it takes Kent to call me out here).

    Greg
  • timreichhart
    timreichhart Member Posts: 194
    #5
    Greg53 said:

    Congrats!
    Congrats all the way around!!!

    Now if you're gambling, my only advice is not to bet on the Cubbies, unless it's for a last place finish (ok, now we'll see how long it takes Kent to call me out here).

    Greg

    Congrats
    Congrats I was able to get my port taken out in 4months after post treatments.
  • Fire34
    Fire34 Member Posts: 365
    #6
    Greg53 said:

    Congrats!
    Congrats all the way around!!!

    Now if you're gambling, my only advice is not to bet on the Cubbies, unless it's for a last place finish (ok, now we'll see how long it takes Kent to call me out here).

    Greg

    Congrats Also
    Great news almost seemd like mine was the earliest to come out. Ned is also a wonderful thing. Wishes & Prayers for NED always
    Greg LOL I wouldn't bet on the Cubs either as a matter of fact I wouldn't bet on any Chicago team
    Dave
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #7
    Fire34 said:

    Congrats Also
    Great news almost seemd like mine was the earliest to come out. Ned is also a wonderful thing. Wishes & Prayers for NED always
    Greg LOL I wouldn't bet on the Cubs either as a matter of fact I wouldn't bet on any Chicago team
    Dave

    Happy dance!
    Good news! Congrats. :)
  • Glenna M
    Glenna M Member Posts: 1,576
    #8
    Woo Hoo
    Sounds like you have had nothing but good news!!!

    Enjoy your vacation and good luck at the tables.

    Stay well,
    Glenna
  • D Lewis
    D Lewis Member Posts: 1,581 Member
    #9
    Port free!
    Thanks for sharing the good news! Have a great trip! Heal on!

    Deb
  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass Member Posts: 1,898 Member
    #10
    D Lewis said:

    Port free!
    Thanks for sharing the good news! Have a great trip! Heal on!

    Deb

    meinken
    Great to hear this news. Milestone, losing that hardware. Another NPC Survivor reaches a milestone- and that is really great to hear. Bigtime congrats.

    Phoenix? CUBS and Sox are both in Arizona, and you might even get to see a fistfight amongst teammates at a CUB game (which might be the only thing they do that's worth the price of admission!). Seriously, there's a great time to be had with the smaller ballpark and new season, along with your winning the big game of your battle with C. Oh yeah- got me a hunch that taking-in the games will really be mega-appreciated this season. Take it all in and enjoy- take one heckuva deep breath at the old ballpark, so to speak- you are alive! YES.

    Believe

    kcass
  • adventurebob
    adventurebob Member Posts: 691
    #11
    Congratulations!
    Great news! A lot of those Indian casinos have single deck blackjack. Easier to count the face cards. Best of luck to you. Have fun and Go Giants!

    Bob

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