On Friday I got my port fitted. It is a fairly simple procedure but they give you some anaesthetic with it a you have to stay a couple of hours. I was booked in first patient , 6:30AM check in time !. I didn't know they opened that early. I was not allowed any food or drink the night before which included my pain medicationowedless to say by the time I got ready for theatre I was a bit of a mess. I told the anaesthesiologist what had happened and he was very sympathetic and promised he would give me some pain medication as soon as he could. He also said that I would probably remain alert during the procedure and I said as soon as I got the pain medication I would be asleep . I was right.
By the time I got out of theatre I was in a lot of pain, Not from the procedure but just from my normal pain . So again he administered some pain meds but as the pain had become so bad he had to double the dose. So I took longer to be released as they had to make sure it was.all ok. This pain med is one called Targin and it lasts up to 12 hours. I was given a couple of extra tablets for the night and next day. I'm going talk to Niall about these as they worked so much better then what I am on.
Anyway enough of the sad story, you want the pictures. The first is a diagram of what it actually is . The whole lot sits under the skin with the tube part fitted into a vein similar to the Picc I had. The other part looks like a lump under the skin. This should make life a lot easier as I won't be such a pin cushion from now on, everything can be either drawn or injected though it. .
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