Are You In, or Are You Out?

After a little bit of uncertainty whether I was coming into hospital or not due to bed availability issues, I am in. After a succesful blood test I have this time had a Groshing line in. These are similar to Hickman lines but the installation procedure is different; and this time I was fully awake to experience it. No tomazepan or morphine this time, just a bit of local anastheatic. I also had two students watching the procedure so that meant a full commentary of exactly what was happening, even though I couldn’t see it, which included an in depth review of what can go wrong; how confidence inspiring. It wasn’t too bad though but it is weird having so much pressure applied to your chest whilst they feed the pipe through without actually feeling any pain. I am pleased to announce that my line doesn’t include any of those crazy, chest stabbing, clamps. And as I’m not starting the chemo I can leave the hospital this evening and go out for dinner with Imelda.