Dear Sabrina,

Dennis is the most unemotional person I know, and he lost it during the mask-making phase.

Apparently, they put the straps on, pulled his shoulders down.....and this previously unknown tech in the room slapped the mesh over his face without any warning. Dennis didn't make it but a minute or so before he started hollering that the thing had to come off now! Thankfully, the doctor happened down the hall at the same time he went off. She calmly walked in, told the tech to take it off immediately, and after a few minutes they continued. This tech got his butt chewed, but I can see how you can forget the patient's point of view when you deal with radiation every day.

Dennis loves this radiation doctor, not just for this reason, but it was his first reason to trust her.

Love,
Mandi


Husband diagnosed with stage III tonsil and floor of mouth cancer in August 2002. Three rounds of chemo/42 RAD treatments. Upper right lung lobectomy in March 2003. (Benign)