Saturday, January 13, 2007

Set-up and first treatment

The treatment and set up lasted about 30 minutes. They had to first put me in the mold that was made on a previous trip about 3 weeks ago. That is to insure that you are in the same place each time they radiate your body. After they got me on the table in the mold, they lined me up with the radiation machine markers. The specialist had to take 2 x-rays and get them checked by the doctor. Then they made additional adjustments and the doctor approved them. Then they drew three purple lines on my body for future reference. By doing that they will not have to subject my body to additional x-rays each time I go for treatment. Finally, they were ready for my actual treatment. I received seven, thirty second treatments, each in a different area. I even counted to see if they were thirty seconds long, and they were right in the time frame.

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