Oh goodness. Today I have felt so good. Maybe some weird joint pains or things like that, but really very normal. In case you are wondering, I didn’t get my port yesterday. Somewhere in the information I was given on Friday at chemo, I misunderstood or was mistold that yesterday was just a chance for me to meet my surgeon. Dr. Everett Tucker will be doing my port surgery. I really like him and he was great in explaining all that they are going to do TOMORROW! From what I understand, they will connect the port to a vein in my heart and “implant” it in the top part of my chest just below my left collar bone. I know that is probably not medically the best way to say that, but the easiest way to understand. It will be so great to have because they will not have to tap out my veins every time they do blood counts or give me chemo. So, it will be great. I have heard from people who have them that they will be my new best friend, so I am ready for that.

Today, my staff and I went to Little Rock to pick out a wig. There is an amazing program at St. Vincent’s Hospital Called New Outlook Women’s Cancer Center. They provide great support services for women going through cancer treatments. Again, an amazing service provided here. They provide the patients with a wig and several other special gifts like hats and scarves to have while you go through the hair loss process. The sweetest lady who is a volunteer was working today and I have no doubt she was unsure what had happened when we all walked in. It think she thought at first that we had all come to get a wig. And, if you know us very well, we kinda take over a room when we walk in. She took us all back into the “wig room” and let us just look at all the ones we wanted to. I tried on several, but Tara found one that she thought would be good and she was right! It was called “Sky”. They all had names..and then the names that we gave them. But, the one I ended up just looked like me as soon as I put it on. Its kinda crazy. I thought it might be like trying to buy the right color shirt. You find a couple that you like and either one would look good, but then you finally either go with one that is more fun or one that is more practical, but this one, when we put it on just looked like me. So, that’s the one I picked. Then I got to pick out sleep caps and different hats and a bandanna.

I’m so impressed by the way people reach out. It really is amazing and has given me a new outlook for ways to spend my time, charities to give to, and causes to fight for. What a responsibility we have to fight for others!

Oh, by the way, I have my port put in tomorrow at noon and start pre-op at 10.

Enjoy the pictures of our day:

(The lady who greeted us when we walked in the door)