5/22 - Continued Port Trouble

We were both pretty exhausted this morning after our long night. Kristine slept through most of our time at the cancer center. Even I dosed off a couple of times. Tomorrow is another early morning.

Linda, our oncology nurse, attempted to access the second, rear port after several failed attempts yesterday. Today's outcome was no different. Linda said that it was as if the port, which is a tiny puck-shaped canister with a rubber access gasket on top tucked just beneath the skin, had flipped over. Linda suggested that we get a port study done to understand the problem better, but having gone through this a few cycles ago Kristine was in not mood to cause further irritation to the area (the last port study the hospital poked her with a needle about thirty times before calling it unsuccessful only to have Linda access it a week later). For now it was decided to continue with just the one port and try again next cycle.

Otherwise, Kristine seems to be more tired than past cycles. Hopefully the extra sleep she got yesterday and last night with help.