Just a brief update: Thursday morning, the day after our consultation with the radiologist, the cancer center called and asked whether I'd like to begin radiation immediately. So Thursday afternoon I had the first session; Friday I had the second. I get the weekend off; then I'll have five more next week and three more on the M-W of the following week. The treatments go quickly. I settle in, machines whirr and mechanical arms move, and then two times I hear the distinctive buzz of the radiation. I did notice that this time the actual radiation lasts longer than it did the previous times on my upper spine. I made a rather dismissive comment on their failure to ask me whether I wanted the x's that mark the spots to be radiated tattooed on my body, and, to my surprise, they said that almost 50% of the patients go with tattoos, especially people who will have many treatments. One of the technicians particularly singled out those with prostate cancer who may undergo nearly 40 sessions. I refrained from asking where the tattoos actually went in those cases.
Meanwhile, good news from the vet: the tumor on Kimber's neck was a benign fatty one. She'll have her stitches (on her abdomen) and staples (on her neck) removed on Friday, and then she should be back to normal.
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