One more step on the road to recovery

This morning I went into the hospital to have my port removed. The removal of the port took less time than the preparations and set up. The surgery went well. Tonight the incision bled a little bit when I tried to get out of my sweatshirt but I got it to stop with direct pressure and put a new bandage over the site. For the next couple of days I will have to wear button type shirts but that is no big deal.
Tonight the WOC nurse called and talked with me. She is helping me to determine which ostomy products are a best fit for me. I have several options to try and so it is just a matter of trying them out until I find out what works best for me. once that has been determined she will write out a prescription so that I can have the products sent directly to the house. That will be nice since I won't have to run into town to pick them up.

I spoke with the chemo nurse yesterday as she was going to talk with Dr. Oken about my situation.
I am suppose to have 2 years of follow- up Rituxan therapy but because it lowers the immune system and opens me up for more infection they do not want to touch me until well after everything is healed up. I see Dr. Finne in 6 months for another check-up. He will monitor my bowels to see how well they are healing.

Home From the Hospital

I came home from the hospital today.
The surgery went well and so did the recovery. I woke up to find myself tethered to many monitors and pieces of equipment but one by one they were removed. I ended up having a colostomy as my insides need to heal. Dr. Finne said it will be for six months. The good news is that there was no sign of cancer in any of the diseased tissues! This problem was all related to the rupture of a diveticuli. Dr Finne got most , if not all of them out with the bowel resection and said that he can not guarantee that I will never have problems like this again but the chances of it got a whole lot less.
My life is about adapting and changing right now but I need to just keep pressing forward.