Port Authority

I thought I would share with you a little information about the port that is used to transfer all the chemotherapy goodies into my body. 

First, here is a picture:

It was hard for me to get a picture that accurately shows what it looks like, but this is close. 

There is a scar above where the needle goes in. There seem to be three little "balls" in triangle form that protrude from under the skin, but it isn't noticeable under my clothes. You can barely make out the catheter that goes up to the round scar on my neck. It looks like a vein. 

Today for the first time, I gently laid my hand over the port and felt it with my palm. I have been very hesitant to touch the area because it feels very strange to me. Sometimes I accidentally brush it with my hand and get startled. 

As I've mentioned before, the nurse sprays a freezing agent on the area (which sometimes burns) before putting in the needle (which does not hurt). 

I'm not actually sure what material the port is made out of, but from the way it looks (those three little balls), I joke that I feel like a robot. :) 

Next treatment (7 out of 12): tomorrow! January 31 around 1pm.