Radiation week 2

We are blessed. The side effects radiation and chemotherapy are becoming more prominent but, manageable. I continue to be inspired by God's grace.

The process: after a CT scan and consultation with my health care team we determined the area to irradiate. It is basically the area that they would have irradiated using standard of care. So the left side of my throat/jaw is being treated with radiation. There are a lot of very sensitive and important structures on your neck. In order to insure precise targeting they make sure your head and body are in the same position every time.
They make you a Hannibal Lecter/Jason mask constructed of plastic mesh.

Then they tie the mask to the table and you have arm and leg straps to make sure you don't move.

Then slide you back give you a CT scan.

After calibrating the exact dosage and confirming the aimpoints you slide back into the machine and it fires radiation precisely.