I've had a pain in the neck the last couple of days. A literal pain in the front of my neck near the port tubing. I called my surgeon today just to be certain it wasn't anything serious. He said he wanted an ultrasound to rule out a problem. Well, there is a problem. A clot. In my neck. Maybe, hopefully, in the tubing. Now I get to try to hold still today and not swing my head around or anything crazy. I have an appointment with my surgeon for 9:00 tomorrow morning to have the port taken out. Sniff. I really liked the idea of a port! Looks like a lot of IVs are now in my future.
Updated: I guess the clot is not in the tubing. It's around the tubing, which is why they had a hard time accessing the port last time. He plan is to go tomorrow morning and have the port removed. Then, starting today, I take an aspirin a day and possibly other anticoagulants. In theory, my body will just reabsorb the clot and there shouldn't be an issue. But they'll keep checking on me?? I hope to have more specifics tomorrow.
But they don't have to sedate at all. Just a simple office procedure. Maybe another port later and maybe not.
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