First doctors appointment of 2010

I saw Dr Goldman today and he is going to have me get radiation to my ribs for pain relief. I will probably be starting next week as soon as I finish the radiation to my L hip. I had an incident two weeks ago (Dec 23) where I couldn't breath for a few minutes and he thinks it was probably a spasm to my diaphragm. I really don't care what is was as long as it doesn't happen again. He is also ordering the Revlimid and getting me started on it as soon as possible. I was also reminded the importance of being aware of what is being done to you in the line of medications and such. The tech who drew my blood from my port was new to the procedure and had to request help. She drew my blood and went on to flush it. As she was getting ready to pull the line I asked her if the last flush was heparin and she told me "no it was saline". I told her that the final flush was supposed to be heparin so that the port would not clot. She went and got the other tech who had helped her and she said "no, it is supposed to be saline. I have been doing this for over a year" I told her "Well. I am a nurse and I have accessed ports for over 15 years and the final flush is heparin unless they changed it in the last 5 years." They got my doctor who informed them that the proper procedure was saline first and then heparin. I told them that I wasn't mad at them but they needed to know the proper procedure. I didn't even mention to her how many times she would have contaminated my line if I hadn't caught before it hit my sweater. My doctor is having an infusion nurse give his tech staff an in service on accessing ports starting today.