Well, Finally...

Okay, so I got a little behind on the selfies.  I am going to back-post them anyway, since I did actually take the selfies on these dates...I just didn't get around to posting them.

I had wanted to do a "series" this week on the machine and the equipment and all of those fun things, but have been crazy busy between kids schedules, my radiation schedule, and fighting the desire to go to bed every night at about 8pm.  But, here is what I took in preparation for it...

Here is an awesome picture that Kacia took of the machine from my perspective as I lie on the table.  I can't actually see my reflection, but close too it.  I can generally see the warm blanket they place over me (I am a cold-ilocks!).  But, I thought this was a pretty cool selfie for today.

So that window that you see my reflection in is where the radiation comes from.  There are like these keys that line up to allow the radiation through in the correct pattern for my body.  Those tortuous CT scans and x-rays I have had make certain that the radiation is pointing at the right stuff and not too much of the wrong stuff.  Dr. Wilson showed me a nifty picture of how the radiation hits a small slice of my heart and lungs, but not much.  They do their best to minimize that - thank you - we appreciate that, kindly!

The round can-lights are where the lights that create the numbers and axes on my body to line the machine up shine from.  Once I am radiated from above, the machine moves to also radiate me from below.  Then I see this above me, instead of the machine:

Unfortunately, this peaceful scene is just slightly out of my eye-line, but if I squint enough I can enjoy the thought of siting in a tulip-filled garden.  For some reason, it reminds me of my grandma's backyard.  I think it is the trees that remind me of the woods behind her house.

But, this is more accurately what I can actually see.  Darn.  Oh well.  The girls have fun playing different music for me, so I enjoy that, instead!