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  • Lady of the LINAC

    YesMaybeNo
    For my new workout, I have started using dumbbells. These are extremely heavy: there is an 8 kilo weight attached to each end. And I have been using them every day, for 3 days. This would be really, really impressive - if I were lifting them vertica...

  • Radiotherapy - Planning Scan

    YesMaybeNo
    The planning scan for my radiotherapy treatment is done, thankfully.   The session involved me having to clamber onto a metal (and surprisingly narrow) ‘bed’, covered in the customary paper sheet. This bed then has to be specially ca...

  • Don't worry, it's only an electron gun!

    YesMaybeNo
    A radiotherapy machine is properly called a ‘linear accelerator’, but I’m not too keen on that name. For me, those two words immediately bring to mind flat-lining, possibly at high speed. (I must squash that thought.)   Almost ...

  • Deep breath, deep dive, deep thought

    YesMaybeNo
    Before radiotherapy, I’m getting some proper breathing practice in. Or more accurately: not-breathing practice. And I’m trying to improve my technique with one ( rather stiff) arm held above my head, as I’ll be expected to do this i...

  • Sorry, Snow White ... I may have some bad news for you.

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    As I have been getting significantly more (and worse) insect bites again lately, I began to wonder what the reasons for this might be. I know chemotherapy can simply make a person’s skin over-sensitive and their immunity lower. And of course go...
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