Today's Thursday, and I went in for the first scan this morning. Amy came with and the radiology staff were wonderful and gave her the full tour while I was being worked up. Lots and lots of measuring and x-raying and double checking. They made a piece that lays on top of my skin that is made of some sort of gel that fools the radiation a bit and allows them to get focus on the surface. Making that and adjusting took about an hour. Then I went in for the procedure and that took almost an hour what with more x-rays, scans and checking before the actual treatment. Starting tomorrow it will only take 10 minutes or so, though, so that's good. Don't feel any after effects yet and plan on taking it easy for the next two weeks (except for visitors, etc., over Labor Day). Last shot will be Thursday, Sept 10, three days before I leave on my cruise...hooray!
And speaking of the cruises, my friends Rick and Joyce are fixing me up with lots of films to take with. And how's this: Rick is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and votes on the Oscars each year, isn't that cool? One of his documentaries was nominated for and Oscar!! And his dad, Allen Miner, was also a producer and director and worked, among other things, on the Old Man and the Sea with Spencer Tracy and was a friend of Ernest Hemingway. Aren't people interesting? No wonder he has such fun filming things like Kimo and me playing uke on my deck.
That's it for now. In my spare time I'm trying to finish my wood model of the Schooder America (1851), the original winner of the America's Cup. I'll post some pics of that on my other site.
Take care.
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