Usually the “longer” days over at MSKCC
are Tuesday and Friday, when I receive both chemotherapy and radiation. But
today was another long day, because I had what is called “simulation.”
Basically, this is used to plan the treatment, just how the beams of radiation
will be directed. A couple of weeks before the radiation therapy began I had
this done for the initial 25 treatments, which cover an area beyond where the
obvious cancer was visible in case there were cancer cells present on a
microscopic level somewhat distant from the original tumor. It is repeated at
this point because for the final 12 treatments they only irradiate the specific
area where the cancer had been located in order to provide a larger dose of
radiation to that area. (Thanks, Barry, for helping with this explanation.)
Now you know more than you ever wanted
to know about radiation therapy!
Love,
Rebecca
Fourteen
Years (Guns ‘N Roses)
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