Yesterday (Monday the 13th) was my 3rd surgery in about 1 month. The purpose of this one was two-fold. First was the laparoscopic gall bladder removal. For that, 4 fairly small holes were cut into my abdomen. One of these was a camera, a couple of them were surgical instruments and the last was some sort of tube for the removal of the gall bladder.
The second part of the surgery was to insert what is known as a "port-a-cath", which I previously called a shunt. The picture above gives some idea of what one looks like. It is a semi-permanent opening into my right jugular vein, completely under the skin, providing fairly easy access to the vein for drawing blood or in my case for inserting chemotherapy.
Within a few days, I hope to hear from my oncologist to schedule a meeting and discuss my upcoming treatment.
Uncle Owen, we have matching incision sites! They took my gall bladder on 4/8. Other than sore, how are you feeling?
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