Arrival at our new home for the next 2 months

After we checked in at the Caring House, which took about one and one half hours, it was time to go to the Radiation Department for my “mark-up”. It takes only about 10 minutes to drive to the Hospital from the Caring House. Duke also provides transportation from the Caring house if you call ahead about 45 minutes. That is really good if you don’t feel like driving some day, especially if the weather is bad, like snowing or raining. Duke even provides free parking at the back entrance of the Radiation Department for cancer patients. Today we drove to the hospital. After we checked in, I was called to the changing room where I had to put on one of those beautiful hospital robes. All the ties were on this one, so I was able to cover up properly. I was taken to the “Tan Area” machine. They have red, blue, tan, and yellow areas for different radiation requirements. Why is mine tan? That’s a good question. I will ask on Thursday when I get my next treatment