Oh Goodness, where do I begin with this day?
Today I had my Radiation Dr. Appointment. The office people were so pleasant and kind. Then we waited for the Doctor to come in. The door opens and in walks this young nice looking young man about Shane's age.( My youngest son who is only 31). Kim and I couldn't get over it!!!
He had two plans. One was less strong radiation with only 3 different directions of radiation coming. It would be about 2 weeks.
The other plan was much more aggressive and the radiation would be thousands of micro beams. (His choice).
I went in a room today for them to essentially make me a body cast out of a bean bag. I laid on a CT scan table where the bean bag was laying on top. 4 people prepped me for this first essential CT they would go by. I had them tucking suction tubing all around and under the bean bag and over the front of me. Then they put something that looked like saran wrap all over the top of me. Boy were they tucking everything perfectly. Then they turned on suction, and it sucked every bit of air out around my body and the bean bag formed to my body all around me. It was the weirdest sensation I have ever felt. They asked me to wiggle my toe, which they could see through the plastic on top, and I couldn't. They gave me the CT scan and from that they know where to tattoo 5 dots on my stomach to align with some sophisticated instrument to send the micro beams. By being in suction, I can't move one smidgeon which could make them make a mistake.
I was told that several people will be in the room when this happens because there are so many things that have to happen precisely as planned. In fact, they will be doing a phantom surgery on me before I ever come back to make sure they do everything perfect. If they hit a vessel or something that they shouldn't.......well....we wont go there, because they wont.
The machine will zero in on three big fat tumors that is pushing up against my kidney and some important blood vessels that could eventually really cause me problems. This machine should turn those tumors into a raisin, is the way they put it, and essentially split the DNA and it will die. They could start up again sometime, but I would have to wait a year to do anything again.
This was the most interesting thing I have ever seen!! They helped me out of my body bean bag mold and they put it in a closet for me every time I come in, and did I mention? I only have to go 5 times!!!!! Awesome! Then they take another CT scan in about 3 months and see the tumors and what they did. Mine will be raisins!
There is just so much to tell about this. I hope you found it as fascinating as I did. I go and get my first radiation Thursday. I most likely will be fatigued after, and could be nauseated since it takes place in my stomach.
My family will be fasting for me this Fast Sunday. We need total precision in this process. That is what we are fasting for.
So there is my day. Was your day as sophisticated as mine? Oh......hardly. Admit it.
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