This week I had my follow up MRI scan on Tuesday to double check "Lucretia" hasn't left behind any noxious friends. I won't get the results til next week at the earliest.
I guess because this was the 2nd time I'd been in the MRI torpedo there was no novelty factor and the headphones had no radio to listen to so the time really dragged. I tried to pass the time by thinking thru the options of a possible trip to Churchill in October 2017, but not even visualising frolicking polar bears could kill the last few minutes. If you are even mildly claustrophobic you will need drugs while you're having an MRI...seriously, a whole lot of them.
Today it was 1pm for Herceptin at the Cancer Centre then a short break and a very short drive round the corner to get my first radiation treatment. This will be the routine Monday-Friday for 3 weeks
It was pretty much get your kit off, get into position, have the technicians check you're lined up properly then they leave the room, take some images, fire the gun and then the machine moves round to the other side, another zap, the technician then says ok we're done and you're off the machine and getting dressed again. You don't feel anything and there's only a bit of a humming sound, you don't even see a beam of light or anything. The actual bit that gives you the radiation sort of looks like one of those hairdresser rotating heater things that you sit under when you've had your hair dyed.
I got home, read the leaflet again on skin care after your treatment and started to think "does my boob feel hot? is that my skin itching?" I've had to flash myself a few times in the mirror already to check everything's ok.
It's kind of like when people talk about their kids getting nits at school and your head feels itchy.
There's a fine line between being informed and pre-warned about what to expect and too much information. One of my friends who shall remain nameless (Patsy) wants to know if my pee will glow in the dark...not yet, I'll keep you posted
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