On Monday, March 31, I began radiation therapy. I’ll have a total of 33
treatments over 6 ½ weeks. Monday
through Friday.
The entire process takes 15 minutes or less. The actual radiation takes 5 minutes.
I lie down on the mold that was made during the planning
session, and the technicians adjust my position so that my three little tattoo
dots line up with the lasers. Then the
machine does a CT scan which takes a couple of minutes. They review the scan image to make sure I’m
properly positioned. Then they zap me for 5 minutes. That’s all there is to it.
After only 3 treatments, there’s no visible effect on my
skin yet. I expect some sunburn-like
reddening over time; and hope it gets no worse than that.
Here’s a link to a Wikipedia article with a photo of the
machine that zaps me. It’s a high tech wonder.
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