I just couldn't take the
itching beneath the dressing over the site of the Bard Power Port today. I was instructed to leave the dressing on for 48 hours, but I had to to remove it. As you can see, after I lifted up the edges of the Tegaderm dressing, you can see that my skin was reacting.
The original dressing did not have a spot of blood it - so, I don't think it mattered that I took it off. My chest is not as bruised as I thought it would be. The horizontal incision is closed with dissoluble sutures and glue.I have quite a bit of pain in my chest wall and I'm taking 1/2 Percocet every 6 hours. They called from UCH Interventional Radiology today to see how I was doing. They said to call them back if the pain persisted beyond 1 week.
My chest wall after the removal of the Bard Power Port on my R (left side of photo) and Trifusion Hickman Catheter on my L (right side of photo).
I also think I'm having the beginning of a shingle outbreak on the back of my right thigh - feels inflamed and itchy at this point. Very hard to photograph. I took an extra Famciclovir 250 mg and I think that helped. I'm on Day 11 of 14 with my Revlimid 10 mg maintenance chemotherapy and just 2 weekly cycles of Velcade/Dex out of 4 - so, maybe that has lowered my resistance to shingles (varicella or chickenpox virus).
Back of right thigh
My January 2012 supply of Revlimid arrived via UPS this afternoon. I spent a lot of time on the phone yesterday making the arrangements with the pharmacy - this is going to be a monthly CHORE!
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