In week 2 of radiation. I have had no major side effects. The only "pain" is the drive to Effingham for less than 5 minutes of treatment. I knew nothing about radiation before this. Its not bad at all really. Laying in a tanning bed for 12 minutes is a lot worse. Radiation doesn't hurt at all. You cant feel a thing. The machine is huge and a little noisy. A man that gets his treatments before me called it the Cobra today. I kind of like that so I think I will stick with that name. So before I actually started getting treatments, they did whats called a simulation on me. This involves getting a lot of x rays and getting your body marked so you will get radiation in the places its needed ( I guess), that's not an educated description but that's what I gathered from it. A few days later they gave me tattoos that I will have forever to show the places I have received radiation. Each day when I arrive at the cancer center I get 2 gowns (No butts hanging out at the cancer center) and join others in the waiting room. When it is my turn I get positioned on the cobra the same exact way each day. The staff tell me to "lay heavy" and they do all the moving. The blue circles that are on my hands and feet, help to to lie still and help with positioning. After they get me situated the staff leave the room and its just me and the cobra. The cobra circles my body and stops 4 times for less than 10 seconds each time and I am done. Piece of Cake!
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