trish and i took our first trip of the new year over to stanford this morning.
for the first time we took the stairs... down...
the lower level of the cancer center is where the radiation department is located, and today was an appointment for a CT-scan and to get trish prepped for the radiation that will begin probably next wednesday.
jackie, one of the radiation specialists, brought trish in for a CT-scan of her torso. the CT-scan itself only took a few minutes, but jackie took some time to get trish 'fitted' for radiation. she had trish lay down on a bag of liquid styrofoam that slowly hardened to conform to trish's body. this mold will be used by trish for all her radiation treatments, and will allow trish's body to be precisely positioned for each of her 28 treatments.
dr. horst came in and took a pen and drew on trish exactly where she wanted reference points for the radiation. jackie followed up by giving trish her first tattoos ever... they are smaller than a pin head, but they are very important and will be used to align the machine during each of trish's radiation visits.
all in all, the day was pretty quick, smooth and painless.. well, except for the tattoos, trish may say otherwise.
we will head back to stanford next week on the 13th to finish up the planning process, and trish will begin radiation the following day, wednesday the 14th...
thats about it from here... happy new year
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from what I hear tattoo's can be habit forming.
-nicholas
I'll be at my bro's this week end come by and visit if your up 4 it, Cath
Can't wait to see the tats! Thinking about you and can't wait to hit the pool with you! just call me Greg Luganus! xo nk
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