generic pre-chemo whining

I'm beginning to think I need a parttime scheduler for my life, and I haven't even started chemo. I have 8 appointments coming up between surgery followups, and pre-chemo tests (like a mugu - some sort of heart scan. What the heck?), and they're getting hard to keep track of. I'm still working full-time until August 29th, when I start going to school full-time, which isn't helping.

Today was a wash, though. My drain completely broke down last night, and by this morning, my arm and underarm were all swollen and hot. We all thought they'd just have to stick a needle in and take out the fluid again -- but this time it apparently isn't seroma, it's infection, so instead I just got the world's biggest bandage to keep it from dribbling down my side, a new antibiotic prescription, and permission to go back home and go to sleep for many hours.

On the one hand, this could be good -- chemo can't be started until 2 weeks after my drain is out, so now I should be able to schedule my first time for August 31st. On the other hand, hot, tired, sore, miserable...and afraid that once the infection starts to wane, that I'll go back to needing to be drained. @#$$%#$ lymphedema.