Dear Diary #28 - What is Radiation?
Hey Friends! Apologies for not writing for a while. I've been a bit busy. Work is busy, I'm also working with a few real estate clients, and I'm driving to the city daily for Radiation (fondly known as rads, Jayden thinks this is much cooler). When I started this blog one of it's main purposes was to share ALL the details in the hopes that if someone went through it, or had a loved one go through it, it would maybe be less scary, or at least they would feel more informed. This post might be a boring one, and a long one by the time I am done, so if you aren't into a long and boring post you should stop here..... I've had a few friends ask me 'what is radiation?' or 'how do they do radiation?'. So here is my long winded, detailed post. I covered my mapping appointment and my consult appointment with my Radiation Oncologist (who is lovely, by the way) in previous posts. So this is about actual treatment. The short answer is: -Change into a gown ...