July 26

Had poached eggs, turkey sausage, small bowl of yogurt and one piece of cinnamon raison toast today for breaky.  

My appointment for my infusion was for 9:15 today and at 8:40, I realized that I forgot to go to the pharmacy for my required pre-chemo meds.  I called but got voicemail, so off we trucked to the pharmacy.  Good thing it is only one block down and three blocks to get there.  They were very good and got my prescription ready right away.  I left Miranda to grab it and I headed to BC Cancer because I am a much slower walker than she is.  Got to the clinic ahead of schedule so all good.  And Miranda arrived shortly after me.

So it was a no go with the first attempt at getting a good vein.  None of the ones in my hand looked any good so the nurse had a vein finder (never saw that before, it was very cool) and she found one in my arm and it worked out.  No pain from the Gem this time which is awesome!  Deeper, bigger vein I think is the reason.

I am scheduled for Aug 14 to get the port put in.  I will have to fly to Van a day earlier for next session.

Lunch was pulled pork and coleslaw.  It was pretty good.

Then we headed to a luggage store close to Burnaby for warranty work on Miranda's suitcase, then stopped at Safeway for dessert as Landon (our cousin) is having us over for dinner Sat.  I am sure that we have not seen him in person for over 25 years.  Looking forward to the visit!  馃槃

Dinner was pork cutlet with apple sauce, beans and roasted potatoes. 




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