Hopefully this week..

I still haven't heard exactly when I will officially start radiation. The planning for IMRT takes about a week. They estimate it will be sometime on Thursday afternoon of this week. With the holiday, I don't think I will hear until Wednesday. They told me to expect Thursday around 1 or 1:30 pm- ugh! That is when my day really starts picking up with all of the kids. I will find a way to make it work. My daily appointments will be more manageable they said. It is the simulation that will need to take place in the afternoon. I only hope I will get some time to ask the doctor some questions. Up to this point it has all been the technicians and nurses. While they are very patient with my questions, they don't offer the information. I have to drag it out of them and I don't always think of the questions on the spot. It is more than a little frustrating. I know this has to happen but I do have questions about several things, specifically do they think this is going to work???

And yes, the hospital is local (Covina). Thankfully they realized what a hardship it would be to travel to UCLA daily for treatment. Covina isn't Chino Hills but it is much better than Santa Monica!