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  • The MRI Washing Machine

    The cheerful poster on the changing room wall claimed that the MRI scan would be just “like being in a washing machine”. This got my attention: I had never had an MRI scan before and I had never been in a washing machine either! The poste...
  • Maria von Trapp did not mention any of these in her song

    Hello everyone! I have not yet even started my cancer treatment as such, so I am getting prepared by 'learning the language'. It looks like I will be learning at least one new word every day. I am so worried about 'chemo fog' and the ...
  • Hearty Heart Ultrasound

    Hello everyone! Another recent first for me has been the heart ultrasound. I had not expected one, as I do not have any history of heart problems. But then these words popped into my mind: “not that I know of” and “yet”. (That...
  • The Giant Doughnut

    Hello everyone! Well, my first experience with the ‘giant doughnut’, the CT scanner, is now behind me. Admittedly, it is the only doughnut in my life that I haven’t been entirely overjoyed to be offered. But it was still actually qu...