I AM SO PUMPED !!!

Today began the first round of chemo and radiation....let the cure begin....started with radiation..."do not move...a muscle...an inch...no squirming...sneezing....coughing...belching" just one session of radiation and I am a new person!! One who can lay motionless for extended periods of time.

Actually it was much different than I had expected...very minimal...once they laid me down on the rock hard, pre-chilled, no comfort zones available table and managed to get me to freeze on demand...it only took about ten minutes. The whole process should be much quicker tomorrow...did I mention this will go on for 28 days. The only thing that concerns me is that this seems much more benign than it sounded....maybe it is like a cute little snake in the grass...maybe an asp!

Next onto chemo...mental image...IV into arm (every day) until veins collapse...sitting in a barber chair turned chemo lounger for an hour or more...again a big surprise (the pumped I referred to)!!

Did I mention they implanted me with a tiny geodesic dome under my skin below my right clavicle...they call it a reservoir (no fishing)...from this a small tube runs around until it finds a good vein and jumps in there to provide the Kriptonite into my system! To deliver this they provided a pump I hang on my belt with a tube that runs to a wicked looking little needle that stabs into the aforementioned dome getting what I need where it needs to go. This system will keep me Kriptonited continuously for a week when I will return for a new needle and a refill on the pump! WOW

Now comes the hard part...day after day of routine....bus ride to the clinic....into the radiationatron...out in no time at all...then off to what?...don't get sick...avoid nausea...germs...ill people....bird flues and other media pandemics...and then what...can't cut wood for the winter...no lawn to mow...definitely no mountain to climb...I need a job!