 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Peace,
Do everything everyone else has suggested and have them play your favorite music real loud while you're on the table. It made the time go by much faster and took my mind off of the TX.
None of us are super humans but we all got our minds to the point of accepting the rad Tx. How we did it is probably different for everyone but understand you must do this for the sake of living. Actually I found the table time to be relaxing and the cute young techs didn't hurt the process either. I just dreaded the rest of the day.
Peace, you can do it. Just tell yourself this is a part of your daily routine, like a shower, for the next 6 weeks or so. I marked each day off on my calendar and rejoiced my last day like everyone else did and you will to.
Go girl.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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