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Today was my first trip to the radioactive love hotel. It was only a simulation so they could size me up with lasers, draw on me with sharpies, and then tattoo 3 dots on my hips and torso so the machine knows where to blast me. They even placed a sticker with a metal thread on my anus to make sure they got the alignment correct. I get to start this treatment along with my chemo therapy in early December.
Everyday I will go to the hospital, check in, lie on a bed for around 20 minutes of radiation and then go about my day.
Possible side-effects of radiation therapy:
- Most definitely:
- Fatigue
- Most likely:
- Diarrhea (thank you spell check, every time)
- Every time? How often do you type that word?
- You'd be surprised. I mean, I am.
- Swelling
- Diarrhea (thank you spell check, every time)
- Maybe:
- Nausea
- Urinary and bladder changes (Peeing, a lot, like so much that your significant other has to say "Again?" each time you pause the movie you are watching.)
- Hair loss in the area
- Fertility changes
This all sounds like a treat! But hey, I guess anything is better than exploding because you can't function like a normal human.
- Medical Tattoos: 2
- Donut / Torus beds I've been inside of: 5
- Regular kick ass tattoos: 0 (but I'm looking for an artist)
- Water ingested since this began: 100 gallons
Now I have to figure out, where did that sticker go?