18/3/2016 4th and final chemo day1 Pretty painless delivery of chemo today as you can see, no red face of pain this time on my pics. They did however take quite a while to find a vein including using ultrasound and tried for what I think was actually an artery. Luckily it was so deep the needle couldn't reach it. Son bought pizza for dinner, nom nom nom.
The needles didn't really hurt that much and to their credit they did get a new needle out each time so they weren't using blunt ones. I was just happy they found a vein and didn't have to go slicing me to find a vein for one more lousy chemo. I have a high pain threshold for needles which does help. Tip - big vein and the chemo liquids don't hurt. Piddly little hand vein and you can bet it will hurt. The last one was a hand vein and the stuff escaped into my hand and caused a chemical burn that only just healed 3 weeks later. Although dangerous to use the elbow vein as it can escape up in to the muscle above, as long as I kept my elbow locked in the open position we were goodo. It was a breeze.
Congrats on your final chemo Brenda - it must be such a relief not to have to be a human pincushion again! Rest up xx
Fantastic news that is was your last chemo and it was pretty painless. You look quite relaxed there you beautiful lady. I know the pain of trying to find a vien. I am dreading the possibilty of chemo for that reason alone. The certainly had a good go. Ouchie... What a good son for bringing you dinner. I hope you have a good weekend and rest well. Good luck for what comes next. Hugs, Jacqui xxx
Sending you a big hug Brenda xx Enjoy the weekend
Oh my gosh!!! I can so relate to all those bandaids. So happy for you that it was the last chemo!! Now time to celebrate this milestone.
Take care, Nadine
You poor thing, you have done so well and Yay for final chemo. You did it!!!
hope all goes well in the next few weeks.
Linda xx
I'm sorry they had a hard time finding a vein... Must of hurt!
but yaaaay! You did it!
hope you have an easier time this round... Take care
-tracy
Looks like spots are in this season!
Thanks for the photos Brenda, you look very serene considering all that poking and prodding.
Good luck with the next few days, and with your journey.
Jane
Oh my goodness! As a serious needle phobic, that is my worst nightmare!!! Congrats on the final chemo though. That must be a relief.
