I went to Weston Park hospital on wednesday for the planning session and now have three tattoos! I wish I could say they were out of angry rebellion, or a burning desire to be indelibly marked, but they are just the size of pinheads and help in the daily lining up and positioning of my body before radiotherapy. And they were surprisingly painless- which was cool!
The actual going in to the hospital was more traumatic than the session itself- I guess the smells and atmosphere just brought the whole experience back to the forefront of my mind. I had tried hard to get it all to the back!!!
So, today I go down for the first of 30 sessions, which apparently will feel no different to having an x-ray taken, though I have been warned of severe sunburn skin reactions, with cracking, peeling and blistering included for good measure. The skin changes don't appear for the first 3 weeks, and then build up in intensity and are actually worse once the treatment is over.
There is seemingly no end to the fun involved on this journey!
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