Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Nov 2002  Posts: 3,552  |    Nicki, Like Bob, I slept through a lot of my treatments.  As I lost weight the mask loosened up a little.  It was pretty tight at first.  I did fear getting sick in the mask but it never happened.  It really wasn't a big deal.  I WANTED to make sure that they accurately hit the target and the mask guarantees that.        
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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