March 25, 2010
Ray-D-8
Today is day two of Radiation. It took a while to start because of the port surgery, but yesterday was finally the first day. It was pretty much what they told me to expect: I felt nothing. It took about 15 minutes total and then I was out of there. Today was the same thing.
The process involves me lying down, shirtless, with my arms over my head. They center a laser beam on a little dot that has been tattooed to my chest and then leave the room. This giant disk is lowered about 10 inches from my chest and then it makes all sorts of noise, rotates around, and zaps me. I don’t feel or see anything. Its a strange thing, but thankfully pretty easy. They tell me that I will probably start noticing side effects in about a week or so. Mostly, a “sunburn” on my chest, loss of hair, and some minor trouble swallowing. Some people don’t get any symptoms, so we’ll see what happens.
A few weeks to go and then I’m done (for good!) I’m looking forward to the end of all this, but its hard to complain given how well the treatment worked and the fact that I’m cancer-free now.
