Snow and less waiting 12/9/2009

Today when we left for chemo, there was 4-5" of snow on the ground, and the back roads hadn't seen a snow plow yet. It was, in fact, snowing like crazy.

Although traffic was heavy and slow, the ride was non-eventful. The best surprise was that I was able to walk into the lab for blood work with no waiting, I was called into the exam room shortly after I checked in, and actually got to see Dr. Brown in a few minutes. Chemo started at 10:00 or so.

I thought you all might like to see the needle that is inserted into the port in my chest for delivery of the chemotherapy drugs.
Here it is. The needle looks like it's about 3/4" long and is at the end of what looks like a pushpin. The one in the picture is covered by a safety plastic sheath.
This is the type of port that was implanted in my chest for delivery of the chemo drugs.