[europa]

I am super happy and a bit sad actually, to announce that after to 4.5 years, I finally was de-ported. For many I know, the second they finish treatment is the second they get their ports removed. But for me, I loved my port very much. She came into me on 11/11/11. It was the first procedure done and now the last (hopefully). But while she was in me she made receiving treatment easier. She made blood draws much tolerable and surgeries a breeze (as I would get a line in my port and walk in for surgeries...nurses loved me). I signed up for 2 trials after treatment and I had to give a lot of research blood. Sometimes about 15 tubes at once. I couldn't have done it without my lovely purple power port.
So now she's vacated my body. She lives in a little ziplock bag in my nightstand and every so often I touch my chest and feel the scar that is left as a memory of her. I feel lucky to have seen this moment as I know many haven't.
But I am grateful for her. She was my odd security blanket per say. She opened the pathway for the necessary drugs and chemo to enter my body efficiently. So I am very thankful for her 4.5 years of service.
A little dramatic I know but perhaps a different perspective of a very disliked object for many.