Ray,

Thanks for the post. You have officially scared the crap out of me.

Just kidding. I was curious about my radiation field and asked to see it before the treatment. This is what the planning session is for before treatment starts but I asked to see my workup on the computer screen before treatment and then when they made an adjustment.

I did this because I wanted to see what was being hit. I thought that my tongue would be missed (it wasn�t). They said I was the only one who ever asked to see the field before treatment. I was just curious but now I feel better that I asked. They had to call up some special screens to see those views and I had to wait a bit before they did. It was helpful for me to see where the radiation was hitting. I got a better visual on what was happening to me and where the radiation was having an effect.

They walked me through the leafs and how they moved and I could actually see the same patterns that I had seen on the screen when I could get a glimpse of the machine through the mask. I hope they got the right dose.

Kelly