Porto cath - yeh or ney!!!

Oh yeah - I broke out horribly after my first chemo - like you body is flushing everything.  I have had great skin since apart from some dryness. It's a great look isn't it?

I had the transfusion for anaemia.  I had no idea until seeing my onc before chemo on Tuesday.  I have been pretty shagged but thought I was starting to feel a little better - guess I have a new sense of normal at the moment. I don't usually have any trouble with my iron level so we can blame the chemo - this happened after #4 but I believe Taxotere is harder on you that way.  My liver function is also a bit down but was better than last time so they just keep an eye on it. 

Sounds like Sherree and Leonie had some trouble with their port insertions.  Mine was a breeze - I was awake, in the radiation department chatting the the radiologist as it did it (somewhat dopily due to the light anaesthetic) about holidays in Fiji!  I can't feel mine much anymore (without touching it) and it hides beneath by bra - I don't even have much of a buldge.  My surgeon got me to ask them to do a vertical incision and my scar is quite small.  I used an Emla patch on Tuesday for them to put the gripper in  - more for the nurses than for me - I don't find it very painful to have the gripper inseerted. They just left it in overnight so that I could come back for blood yesterday without needing a reinsertion.  

I'm OK - this chemo is a bit harder - I am very tired and cranky - kids are off to school now so I will probably head back to bed soon and the Taxotere is yet to hit!  Yippee - "keep looking at the light Amanda" - only one more!

Hope you are still doing well - think of the acne as a chemical peel from the inside and you will be a new woman after the next chemo! :)

Amandaxx