Tomorrow I will have minor surgery to remove my “power port.”  Such a funny name, as if it should be a sports drink or computer application, but in many ways it is a very powerful device.  Implanted slightly below my collarbone, the power port allows the oncology nurses to administer the chemotherapy drugs directly into the port via a small needle, which prevents vein damage and possible burning that can occur if the chemo drugs get on your skin.    The port doesn’t show outside the skin but for a small bump you can feel if you run your hand over it.    

 I am grateful to have had this device, as it has made my journey through chemotherapy a little bit easier, but I am thrilled that it will be gone tomorrow.  It is yet another sign that my recovery is real.  Hallelujah!  Also, they give you really fun post surgical medicine and for the afternoon I will be happily asleep and with any luck, dreaming about a milkshake.