Simulation
So today was my simulation. I think I have been stressing about today all weekend. I was so worked up about it that I was sick this morning. That reminded my of my chemo treatments which just made me more sick. 
So I was pretty edgy all morning. As we got closer and closer to the Radiation Oncology Center at Strong I was getting more and more angry.
Unfortunately, my temper decided to blow when we talked to the receptionist. I don’t know what happened, but the receptionist said we only got one parking pass (we had two cars) and although it makes perfect sense (I mean they can’t give you parking passes for every vehicle) I just could not understand why this woman would want to make my life any worse than it already was. So I unloaded on her and decided I did not want the treatment.
Carrie followed me out to the car and talked me down. I don’t know how she does it, but I usually just melt for her. She went to move her car to the parking garage and I went back in to the center.
Now the receptionist was walking out to find me and I was still a little angry and told her I did not have time for her and walked past her like she did not exist.
Once I was downstairs in the waiting area I started to feel awful for the way I treated her. No one deserves to be treated like that. It was already eating me up inside for talking to her like that. I decided to go back upstairs and apologize to her.
I found Dawn (the receptionist) and told her I was VERY, VERY sorry. That no one should be talked to like that. She said it was ok and she understood that I was under a lot of stress. I told her it still did not excuse my behavior. I am usually a pretty mellow guy. She gave me a big hug and said not to worry about. I told her I hope I did not ruin her day.
So after all my drama we got to meet with one of the nurses and resident oncologist.
They went over the procedure for today and it all seemed like it wasn’t a big deal. Just alot of lying around and not moving. I have some lovely tatoos and permenant ink marks on my chest and abdomen now.
I do have some good news though. There is no activity in my spine! It turned out just to be an anomaly. We were pretty happy about that.
I will get treated it two places though. The majority of my chest/neck. This area is much larger than they had planned because my original tumor size was much larger than they had thought. I will also get radiated in a small spot just below my sternum and just above my abdomen.
Hopefully I will not get many side effects. I am hoping I tolerate this as well as I did chemo. The resident keeps telling me that there are less side effects and they are not as severe as chemo side effects. I’ll believe it when I see it (or feel it).
So that is pretty much how my day went today.
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- Aunt Marilyn & Uncle Mike
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- Tom Anderson
- Tony Anastasia, Jr.
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