I've been reading up a bit about radiotherapy, since I'm scheduled to start it on Thursday. It uses several beams coming from different directions that intersect at the tumour. In this way the tumour receives a higher dose than the healthy tissue surrounding it.
The treatment is spread out over five sessions to allow normal cells time to recover. Cancer cells are not as good at repairing the damage, causing them to die or to reproduce more slowly.
Because the beams have to be precisely positioned during each treatment session, I went in last Thursday for a positioning scan. They made a personalized mold to hold my legs and feet and also tattooed four dots on my chest to use as reference points each time.
So now I have my first tattoos, and not just one, but four. Won't my biker friends be impressed! I just hope my mother doesn't find out.
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