Radiation Oncologist Appt.
A long and very informative appt today, thank you Grandma for taking us and helping listen to all the information. We will return for part two of that appt on June 11. We will start with an MRI at 8:00 am, because of her titanium plates and screws she has to have a special MRI machine that is in a special room. Then from there we will go to her 10:30 SIM appt, this will be about 3 to 4 hours and will involve a 90 minute CT – the making of her plastic mesh mask, her 5 tattoos (on the mask) for her beams, photos, introduction to the radiation machine, her body bean bag fitting and the scheduling of her 5 days a week for 6 weeks of treatment. We are told the first session will be approx 2 hours and the rest should take about 45 minutes each. We have not found a place to stay yet (that is affordable), but plan to stay right in Ann Arbor to avoid costly travel/wear and tear on the vehicle and most of all Andrea. Plus we are trying to arrange a volunteer U of M student to help Andrea with her Physical Science work, she should be able to complete all other class work independently and we are working with the U of M teacher to have her administer the class tests throughout the 6 weeks. It is work that needs to be completed from the 4 weeks she missed of the 4th marking period. She has completed and passed the 3 weeks of 3rd marking period class work – all A’s. She wants to stay on track with her 4 year high school course plan. We are hoping Andrea does not experience many of the long and short term side affects of radiation. She said she does not want to have radiation or any of the side effects, but knows she has to have it to delay the return of another tumor – so wants to get started so it will be over. That is all for this posting, I will spare you all the details of radiation. Thank you for your continued caring.