What's up guys and girls? Just checking in and updating you on the latest news from around my globe! I got a new port put in this afternoon. Seems the old one sprung a leak! Niiiice! Hopefully the chemo that may have leaked out will work its magic in my chest to ensure that I never get breast cancer! I found out that my port was made in Mexico.....really?!?.....Mexico?....Do I want to know what the factory looks like and what they're paying them to make equipment that's going into my body to save my life?..at least it wasn't Taiwan! Nothing against my Mexican OR Taiwanese brethren, but a "Made in the U.S.A." or a Rolex insignia would've been a little more comforting!
The chest is a little bit sore. They were able to place it in the same spot. I didnt know until I got there, but there was a chance that they would implant it on the opposite side! Great dueling scars! Get me naked and it looks like I've been in a knife fight already! : ) Chicks dig scars and everything sure, but I didn't want anymore added to my collection ya know?
Here's some interesting news on the UNDERCOVER DESIGNS company my Mom started up. She has booked us a booth at an Ostomy Convention in Reno, Nevada in August. Looks like she means business! You can't stop my Mom when she has an idea about something! Here's the story for those that don't know.....After returning home from my cancer surgery last August I was stuck sleeping on my back. ONLY on my back. No sides. No spooning with the wife. Nothing but flat on my back to the point that my heels would go numb from time to time if I didn't move them around! It was a small torture that I had no choice but to endure.
In the mornings when I would get up that damn colostomy bag would swing on my side like a monkey from a chandelier! I am not kidding! If there was any waste in it from the time I was sleeping you could feel the tug on your skin from the weight of the bag. It felt kinda gross! I knew it was necessary, but what could be done about this? My Mom heard my complaints. I was probably just acting like a little boy who was whining to his Mother, but she heard through that and started to go to work on her sewing machine designing the first of several prototypes of a cover to wear around my waist. She'd send one fed ex, I would wear it and give her the pros and cons. She'd re-design it and the process would repeat itself. She was unstoppable! She was doing all of this for me! It's a great example of a Mothers love for her child . She was even out here when I was initially diagnosed so she's been through it with me on a few levels people.
One day she had an epiphany that maybe all of this can be of some good. Life hands you lemons, you make lemonade ....kinda philosophy I guess. So now we are going to bring this cover to the masses with no asses! That last lined just spilled out of me! Pure genius! Damn! I should be writing for a sitcom I am so quick-witted! Anyways, back to the business of UNDERCOVER DESIGNS. I am heading out in the next few weeks to do some footwork. Going to knock on some doors and make some apointments to try and see if there is a market for this product. I wear it almost all of the time and I swear by it! It keeps everything close to my skin. I can wear a tight tshirt and you couldn't even tell I was sporting a bag of poop on my hip! I think it's pure genius on my Moms part! Guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree!
I have my stomach scoped tomorrow for signs of cancer. I think the bad port just released chemo in my body and thats why the scan looked funny, but we shall see. No worries folks! If it is cancer it's early, early ,early stage. Again no worries! Another post tomorrow to tell ya how the scope went. Good or bad tune in tomorrow!! Love a good cliff hanger! : )
