Last Friday, my infusion nurse said she'd send the photo of my open port incision to the doctor who performed the original port placement to ask what to do about it.
I got a call this morning about setting up an appointment with the interventional radiology department at the main hospital in the city. (Incidentally, not the same number or address as either of the last two calls. I guess it's a pretty big hospital network.)
It wasn't clear to me what would happen at this appointment. I was told that a doctor would look at my incision (not sure if it'll be the same one who did my port placement and re-stitch), and just in case I need to undergo some kind of procedure, I should not eat or drink for 8 hours beforehand, and I should have a ride home.
Later in the afternoon, I got a call from my port nurse. I appreciate her so much!! She was basically acting like my point person, and wanted to make sure I knew what was going on. She saw that the internal email thread about setting up my appointment did not include my medical oncologist, and since I'm an active chemo patient, she thought it was important for my oncologist to sign off on any procedures I might get done. She said it sounded like they might want to re-open the line and re-suture the whole thing. (The re-stitch was an attempt to bring together the skin layer, but left the deeper layers alone.)
My interventional radiology appointment is next Monday, which apparently works out well because I have an appointment with my medical oncologist this Friday. She can look at my blood work, and the port incision, and help me figure out what to do.
Almost done... just hang in there honey. Love you.
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