3 fields of radiation…
So, I thought it would be fun to visit three sunny fields and snap a photo in each for this post. But frankly I’m too tired, so I’m just going to take a nap right here and let you imagine two other fields of your choice. 🙂
“She’s got three fields,” the lead technician says to the others each day as they are positioning me on the table. “Three fields” refers to the fact that I receive three different doses, 1.8 Gray each, at every treatment. Each is directed at a specific part of my anatomy and comes from a different angle as the arms of the machine rotate around my body, and they are delivered sequentially. The first dose comes in from above and to the right, the second from below and on the left, and the last from directly above, targeting a lymph node basin in the super-clavicle area.
You can see how precise the boundaries of each field are by looking at how clearly defined my “exit dose” is, above, a result of the super-clavicle radiation passing through and out my back.
Three fields, but only two more treatments. Hooray!
And now I am really am gonna go take that nap…
Still Life, Beyond Cancer 