CyberKnife procedure for brain tumor.

[Pegasus69]

I will expand on the process at a later time, when I am not so tired, but here are some pictures taken today. The last one is the worse. I could not move my head, open my mouth and the mesh would rub on my eyelids. Plus this contraption was attached to the table I was on for total immobility of my head. The robot arm would swing around and deliver the doses from a total of 221 different angles. this was 3 hours with nothing more than a mild tranquilizer. I am glad that I brought in all 6 CD's that I mixed since I was able to loose myself in the music. I did make the team laugh a bit though. In among all this great music that was rather rhythmic and a little mellow I decided to throw in a Dr. Hook song, "Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball". Might as well have a little fund with it.

By the way, at the end of it all, when they took the mask off, I had the pattern in my face for the next 45 minutes. For a little while I could not understand why people were looking at me on the subway.

 

[TriBi]

Steve - to quote a rather well known movie series "May the Force be with you."

Stay strong - we're all pulling for you.
(Hmmm...maybe on a Gay message board that last comment has implications I hadn't intended - ah well!)

 

[Bashful]

We are indeed pulling for you! I thank you for sharing your procedure with us..you are sure one brave man!!

 

[sshaffer15]

Good luck with the treatments. I work in the dosimetry section of radiation therapy and have made these masks in the past and have even served as a "model" when vendors would come in to demonstrate. I have limited experience with CyberKnife, but understand it is for very small and localized lesions. I have heard very good things about it and know there are successes. Keep the good thoughts.

 

[Drops of Jupiter]

Thanks for sharing everything with us, Steve.
You know we are all there for you - especially those of us who have been lucky enough to meet you in person.
And throwing in the Dr. Hook song among all the others was priceless!

 

[momp57]

Sending positive thoughts your way!!

 

[MadeUpName27]

Pegasus69
Future Cancer Survivor

That says it all...





P.S. Didn't I see that alien-cyber-bondage gizmo on Star Trek:TNG???

 

[antdak]

I can't imagine being completly immobile for 3 hrs. Your an insperation to us all!

 

[GL]

If I may borrow a page from our esteemed ronboy,

Peg,
You Rock!

I appreciate that you would continue to share your ups and downs with us here and even though I've said it before I will say it again, you are an inspiration. Hang in there brother, I'm still pulling for you just like everyone else.

 

[buzzj]

I'm really happy that's behind you! Keep us posted, please.

 

[Steppenwolf]

I was hoping you'd have an update for us; I just didn't expect to hear from you so soon. You sound like you're in good spirits. I hope that means you have good news for us. Thanks for your post. My thoughts are still with you.

 

[dolphwasser]

I couldn't squeeze in time to log into JUB for a little while and I was thinking of you all that time and wondering how you did. Your note didn't seem to include any inkling of problems, so I hope all went well and that you are well on the road to recovery and remission. Please rest up and keep us up to date with your progress.

 

[operafan]

Oh, baby! Baby! Baby! I wish I could hug you.

 

[Riverrick]

Thanks for the pics! Wow, that really puts us right there.

You're pretty amazing! Thanks for the update!

 

[J-23]

Wow, thanks for sharing the experience with us. I don't think I'd ever heard of that procedure until you posted about it, so I had no clue what it entailed. Good luck with this process, although you probably don't need it because I'm sure you'll be fine.

 

[Eagle653]

That's very interesting--thanks for posting about it and the photos. All the best to you and keep us up to date on how you're doing!