This morning I got to UTSW at 9:55 (I'm VERY timely) and didn't get to go back until 10:40 (they apparently are NOT). Not that big of a deal, but if this is a preview to how "on time" they run, it's not a good sign. I went in the radiation room and the Mega Radiator 2000 is pretty cool. Some very high tech stuff going on from the hallway, where they have 10+ monitors, and screens to see you in the room, and the room and machine itself are pretty cool. On the table they bolted me down with the Hannibal mask, and moved me all around to get me set, then the table "shakes" a bit, as it's moving in fractions of a millimeter to get me in the same position every time. They took some scans and xrays and I was done in about 10 minutes. It should take 15 minutes each time, with an extra 10 minutes once a week for additional scans with the treatment. I did laugh once when I tried to open my eyes a bit, and my eye could see out a very small hole in the mask, and I saw bluebonnets on the ceiling. Not just a painting, but when the machine turns on, a backlit mural appears.......so peaceful and calming, I almost forgot I couldn't breathe!!! (side note......is it "breathe" or "breath".....either way, you know I couldn't suck in any air. And if you ever want comedy, have Avery do her fake British accent for you......classic)
I also got the schedule with times for the next 4 weeks. They warned me the first week sucks, as I'm low on the list, and they were right.
Monday 5:20 pm (traffic will be fun)
Tues 8:00 am
Wed 10:30 am
Thurs 5:20 pm
Fri 5:50 pm
So Monday, Thurs and Fri will suck, but oh well. Every day after that I'm the first appointment available for head and neck at 7:30 am, which is a good time.
I'm ready to get this show on the road!!!!
Mike
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