I got a call today from the Director of Radiology. She got the email I sent to my oncology nurse this morning and wanted to assure me that the machine only had a computer problem in recording the image. She further elaborated that the image not recording indicated there was no exposure or there would have been an image. The problem was the process that rotates and loads the x-ray tubes.

I told her the tech should have come out and explained to me what was broken and tell me there was no risk and all would have been fine versus the mumbling behind the curtain thing that happened.

I also saw the doctor that was in the hallway just before my last round of chemo discussing with the pharmacist whether the dose would be fatal or not, given my current health (at the time). He remembered me, too, and I was fighting back the urge to ask him if he could recall the "hall talk" as well as I can. I am amazed how little I do remember from that period but how well that conversation in particular sticks in my permanent memory bank. I am glad, too, that he calculated correctly!

Ed