Time To Make A Mold

First, I hope that everyone reading this had a wonderful holiday, hopefully you got to spend time with family and friends. So, I get to my next appointment, which was to make a mold of my breast in order to start the radiation. I get there, no paperwork this time, instead they take me to an office to tell me how much all of this is going to cost, YAY! Just what every cancer patient wants to hear, I mean you have been diagnosed with the dreaded C word, oh and by the way, this is what you will owe us for our services. Anyway, thank goodness for wonderful insurance as I know that some are not as fortunate in that department. That little part gets taken care of and its off to a room. This time I am taken all the way to the back of the building. This is where they do the mold, the MRI, tattoos the whole kitten caboodle. They put you in a “room” and there is a huge window where they will stay in order to do the MRI. They first get started with the mold, it was basically plaster of paris that they use (I am sure it was a little better than that but basically that is what it was.) It did not take to long for that part to be done, after they finished they put it in an oven like contraption and it takes about a week to set and be ready to use, yep that means another week of nothing happening. Then they had to do a few MRI`s in order to place the tattoos in the right spot as well as to get measurements for exactly where the radiation is going to hit. It sounds tedious at the time, but looking back and thinking about it, I understand more now about just how important that was, you definitely only want the radiation hitting where its suppose to and nowhere else. After a few MRI`s, they place the tattoos, I literally felt nothing just like they told me, it felt like being poked with a pen, which essentially is what was happening. Everything went well, I was exhausted as it was a long appointment, I was there for close to 3 hours just making sure everything was good and nothing more was needed. While they are doing all of this, they are also including the doctor to make sure its perfect and they agree with everything as you do not want to have to do it all again. At the last part, they doctor was pleased and signed off on everything. Now, we wait and let the mold set. I would be back in a little over a week to actually start the radiation. 

When Life Gives You Lemons…Make Lemonade or Margaritas, whichever suits your fancy!