All examinations are completed and today we had a simulation on radiation and Monday we finally start the real thing. The simulation is a dry run so they can establish the exact position I will be in each day as I go in for the radiation. They told me they were going to give me a tattoo and I had thoughts of a pin-up girl in a bikini but they were thinking along different lines. I now have a big cross that covers my stomach area from side to side and from just below my neck down to my belt and a similar cross on each side. I guess these are targets for them to shoot at. In any event this will be my total activity for the next two weeks - go in daily for the radiation and a once per week visit with the doctor and once a week blood test. At the same time I will be doing the chemotherapy at home with six pills per day. After the first two weeks I will be getting a four hour injection every two weeks for the chemo and the radiation will be completed at this point. I will probably be here until shortly after the first of August and then back to Albuquerque for a continuation of the second phase of radiation, a short recuperation period and then back to Houston for the operation.
Meanwhile - thanks to all of you for you love and support and prayers. There are a lot of special people out there - family, friends and people I work with. I am so grateful that for some reason at some time along the way - we have become acquainted.
AL
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