Today was my monthly blood draw and port flush at Uconn’s treatment center.  I usually go to the doctor office side of the facility, but they were short handed and so I was asked to check in at the infusion center.  This is a new facility at Uconn in a beautiful new building and as I walked through the center, all my chemo nurses were there to greet me.  They looked a bit nervous when they asked how I was and I said, “I have never felt better.  I’m just here for a port flush and labs.”  They looked relieved as I bet they thought I was going back into treatment for the cancer.  Not today!

My nurse Karen came into the small room where I sat in my heated recliner.  This new facility is definitely packed with nice, comfortable equipment.  Not that I want to visit that aspect of my life again, but it’s good to know if I do need to, it will be much more pleasant in this new facility.

When Karen put down my file folder it was enormous.  And I know for a fact that this is my 4th thick folder since I was diagnosed in 2008.  One of the oncologists here told me that a thick folder means YOU ARE STILL ALIVE!  And for that I am so grateful.

I intend on having many thick folders for years to come.