xhac (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} xhac) wrote,@ 2007-11-07 22:36:00 |
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Me first tattoo
Yey. When it rains it pours. I got me three tattoos today. They may look like little dots, but they really are miniature chinese symbols that impart great wisdom. Too bad it's below my underwear. I guess spiritual girls need to form a line for enlightenment.
The tattoos are actually markers that will help the radiation oncologists aim their radioactive beams at me. [1] They are employing a technique called Intensity-modulated radiotherapy which seems very cool (it takes several hours just to simulate the beams in special simulators so that it's shaped like the tumor).
Oh yeah, taking the radiation that early actually means that the chemo they gave me was not working. The doctors have an indicator in the blood (called LDH) that tells them how good the treatment is doing and it has gone up again (we didn't use that indicator in Greece). The pain has gotten a lot worse and an MRI I tried to do yesterdays (but failed to complete because of the pain) showed the tumor growing again. My first scheduled radiation appointment is for next Thursday, but they're trying to push it for early next week. We'll see.
[1]: Yes! I have already thought of bringing my pet insect and have it casually bite me after it's had a healthy dose of radiation, but my physician (Dr Caterpillar) did some experiments in the past with said technology and is not very confident in the results. Beautiful set of hair though, the multi-legged bastard
Yey. When it rains it pours. I got me three tattoos today. They may look like little dots, but they really are miniature chinese symbols that impart great wisdom. Too bad it's below my underwear. I guess spiritual girls need to form a line for enlightenment.
The tattoos are actually markers that will help the radiation oncologists aim their radioactive beams at me. [1] They are employing a technique called Intensity-modulated radiotherapy which seems very cool (it takes several hours just to simulate the beams in special simulators so that it's shaped like the tumor).
Oh yeah, taking the radiation that early actually means that the chemo they gave me was not working. The doctors have an indicator in the blood (called LDH) that tells them how good the treatment is doing and it has gone up again (we didn't use that indicator in Greece). The pain has gotten a lot worse and an MRI I tried to do yesterdays (but failed to complete because of the pain) showed the tumor growing again. My first scheduled radiation appointment is for next Thursday, but they're trying to push it for early next week. We'll see.
[1]: Yes! I have already thought of bringing my pet insect and have it casually bite me after it's had a healthy dose of radiation, but my physician (Dr Caterpillar) did some experiments in the past with said technology and is not very confident in the results. Beautiful set of hair though, the multi-legged bastard
Mood: marked
