stay hydrated

I had an MRI in Chapel Hill early Friday morning before my radiation treatment in Durham. All I had to eat or drink before leaving the house was a small cup of coffee. Big mistake. This made the process of the MRI difficult because 1. I was dehydrated so it was difficult to find an easy vein to use for the injection and 2. I was much more nervous, which made all the needles painful. I blame myself for that. 

I start the second tier o radiation this week, which is a higher dose in a more focussed area, while I am lying on my back. The first week week of radiation was delivered while I was on my belly, with a section of the table removed. This is an effort to avoid tissue damage near my lung before my thoracic surgery in two weeks. 

New set up for radiation 

Original set up for radiation treatment