Treatment Changed!

This past week they changed my treatment. Apparently that was the plan all along, but I didn’t realize it. My first 25 treatments took 20-30 minutes as the x-ray machine rotated around my body to nine different sites and shot 18 beams at 9 different angles in 18 different patterns. Each beam was 3 to 12 seconds in length. Now the machine makes one arc around my body, one beam, one angle and it takes 65 seconds (yes I timed it).

It’s great! Apparently the next 13 treatments will be like this because they are focused on the pelvic floor and before they were shooting the whole pelvic area.

Not only does it take much shorter (a real break for my bladder control), but because of the change, my symptoms are diminishing. My gut isn’t as sore and my bowels have settled down. Yea God! These treatments will last through Aug. 16^th and then there will be another change.

The last week of treatment (Aug. 19-23) will focus directly on the two lymph nodes on the floor of my pelvis. They call it a “boost”. They’ll zap the lymph nodes with a little extra boost to finish off the job. I’ll tell you more about that next week.

 

Thanks for caring and praying. Keep praying for complete healing and protection from any and all side effects of the treatment.

PT

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