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Well, we bit another bullet yesterday. The Filter is in my Inferior Vena Cava — the large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the heart — and protecting the entry to my heart and lungs. The procedure went smoothly. It seems that I getting well known there at the hospital. People either know me from olther procedure I had done or know of me anyway by story. Yesterday’s procedure was no exception. The awesome staff in the Interventional Radiation Unit made sure that I was very comfortable. And the Angio Lab did likewise.

Funny thing is that I recognized the place too, from that night they were looking for the bleeder in my chest. But it was not the same place. Lol. When I was in the ICU and my right lung was collapsed, the place looked much scarier and tighter. My extreme claustrophobia combined with the fact that I couldn’t breathe . . . Well, this visit cleared up the vision for me.

“Someone’s already been in here.” The doctor said when he saw the scar.

“Yes, looking for a bleeder. . .”

“They must have been in a hurry.”

“Oh Yes, I was in the ICU…they didn’t really worry about the way the scar would show up. Lol”  And neither was I that night. Funny, the chest tube scar looks a bit ragged too…

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I’m going to keep this short today. I have chemo this afternoon - we are going ahead with the rest of this round to fill my body. Chemo works the whole system and we still need that. I start radiation on Tuesday of next week and that will run for 6 days and then back to chemo after that. I believe that is the “so-far” plan. As long as I can keep my tush out of the hospital in the next week I should have some time to rest. And the rest of the family too. Except for Dan… He gets no rest. It helps that we now have someone to help around the house. We have qualified for a Home Health Care provider. My new friend comes around twenty hours a week to do what ever needs to be done. She is awesome.

And my house is clean!