I was filling out my appointment book yesterday, and was abbriviating radiation with "RAD". It reminded me of an elementary school lunch room poster like "Carrots are COOL!".... "Radiation is RAD!"
And actually, after having my first treatment today, it was not scary at all, a little disappointing even. How, you might wonder? Well, when I first went in for the simulation (where they just map out the places they're going to zap) it was in this really high-tech room, all white walls and frosted glass, with cool blue ambient lighting, and projected images of a beach in South America on the walls and ceiling, and all technicians were Asians in lab coats (racist I know, but it brings me comfort).
Today I'm shown into your typical beige room, hospital wallpaper, and a mural painted on the ceiling, which I'm sure some people find lovely, but me being a snobby artist, found it highly offensive to my sense of aesthetics.
So the machine rolled around my head flashing pretty blue light at me, five minutes, and it was done. I asked the technician after, if people ever say they can smell the radiation. His reply was, "Yeah, they say it smells metallic, and some people even say they see flashes of blue light."
Oh, so what you're saying is that light wasn't real... RAD!
Friday, April 9, 2010
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Sweet! Now maybe you will have special powers like incredible stretching limbs or the ability to see non existent blue lights. Now you need to design yourself a special outfit and decide whether to you use your new supper-human powers for good... or evil. Evil sounds like more fun, but may result in a general lack of popularity.
ReplyDeleteIf you need a side kick I could put my balls in the microwave. I'm tired of shaving anyway.