After the hospital admission, I suppose today was an anti-climax. Beautiful spring day, I walked to the hospital, down into the depths of the basement to find this fellow waiting for me:
That's the headrest on the trolley, I raise my hands to hold onto those handle bars, get cosy with the machine, and it spins round me zapping away. It's quite neat, and incorporates a low-res CT scanner so they can get the beam position right. It is in the side flaps which open and close like wings. I suppose we aren't worried about cumulative radiation any more. LOL. And I have to keep absolutely still so no finger painting after all...What I did imagine was those street art performers who paint themselves silver and pretend they are statues. With that thought, I did my best to emulate their feats.
The whole process took less than half an hour, after which I walked to my folks place who had prepared lunch. Unfortunately nausea hit at the same time as food, resulting in me running to the sink and bringing up part of the day's takings. A slight dampener at the dinner table... It's a weird feeling, nausea and vomiting while still feeling hungry. Is that what pregnancy is like? Maybe I'll go cash that anti-nauseant script for next time.
Looks like this is going to be my routine every weekday until almost Christmas. Yikes.
That's today's news. I suppose I'll update next when there's something to report?
Cheers everyone.
That's exactly how pregnancy feels, except you're potentially craving pickles with peanut butter instead of the feast your mum cooked up! Hope that radiation kicked the tumour's butt! X
ReplyDeletePickles and peanut butter is usual fare for me, in fact pickles or sauerkraut is my ultimate snack!
ReplyDeleteHope the naussea and vomitting have retired and the radiation does its magic.
X Viv