It's two months to the day since my
surgery. I'll put up some detail about
the recovery soon. Today marked the end
of the fifth week of my radiotherapy treatment, just one week to go now. It has almost felt too easy actually. I have had treatment every Monday to Friday
in the basement at UCH. I spend at most
30 minutes in the radiotherapy wing of the hospital, most of which is waiting
time. The radiographers take a few
minutes to get me in the right position and lock my head down in my mask (see
photos). The mask makes sure that the
radiation is only being delivered to the tumour site and not to the healthy
surrounding brain tissue. I’m keeping
the mask when this is all over – teamed up with my scar it is perfect for
Halloween!
Making sure I'm in the perfect position |
Mask on, locked down |
An alarm then sounds and the radiographers
flee the room at which point a scanner confirms that my head is in the right
location. If not then micro-adjustments
are made to the scanner bed. The
radiotherapy machine then kicks in to gear and arcs over me, delivering a
pain-free dose of radiation for about two minutes. It is then all over for another of the 30
sessions that I will receive.
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