I'm in Boston. I've been through 10 treatments of Radiation. I have had no ill affects so far. It was decided that I didn't need that last Chemo. 

I had an MRI, in Nantucket, then had to come up for my PET scan. Couldn't do it here, because I had no labs, no cats (ha ha). Then I had a meeting with the new head Dr, Dr Samuel Klempner as my original one Dr. Roeland left. HE was very happy with my scans. The cancer I had on my liver- gone!, The lymph nodes that had cancer - Gone! The cancer on my lung, Stable nothing happening there! He put the tests from November to the ones this month, July, just so I could compare. I felt so relieved that all I had to go through had a positive outcome. I'm hoping that the mass in my colon will. shrink enough to be removed. I will be able to get rid of my colostomy bag at the least.

My day starts out with coffee. It may not  be the best choice, but it gets me going. I go to the hospital, check in, and they always ask if I'm a patient or visiter, or patient, and do I know where I'm going. I then go to the LL3, the basement, and scan a card to check in. They ask the Covid questions. I can wait up to 45 minutes, but then go into a room for the radiation. I pull down my pants and they center me so the tattoos I had to get will line up with the machine. In the light, it looks like the tattoos look like a constellation. I lie on the table for  about 15 minutes while the machine moves around in a circle. I don't feel anything, no pain, no pressure. After that, most of the time, I'm done for the day. On the other days, I might have a lab, and see the Dr. (once a week for each). So far I feel good. I am walking a lot.

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