{"id":98,"date":"2005-09-14T22:11:14","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T05:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsholmes31.wordpress.com\/2005\/09\/14\/first-hint-of-radiation"},"modified":"2005-09-14T22:11:14","modified_gmt":"2005-09-15T05:11:14","slug":"first-hint-of-radiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/first-hint-of-radiation\/","title":{"rendered":"First hint of radiation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I met my radiation oncologist, Dr. Kenneth Russell<\/a>, today for the first time. He immediately recognized my Brass Rat<\/a>, so I definitely have a good feeling about him.<\/div>\n
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Radiation sounds like a pain. They basically strap me down in a Hannibal Lechter mask, attached to a board I lie on so I can’t move my head or neck, and they hyperextend my head so it’s like I’m looking straight up. Then they bombard my neck with X-rays for about 10 minutes. Insaaaane.<\/div>\n
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Looks like the main complication (long term) is likely to be that my major salivary glands on the right side of my neck are obliterated. So I may have\u00a0less saliva in the future. Hopefully the ones on the left can pick up the slack.<\/div>\n
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As for the emotional distress, that’s mostly resolved. I’m thinking of buying a condo<\/a>. It’s probably too expensive, but it’s pretty freaking sweet.<\/div>\n
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I was leaning alot more heavily towards it until today when my team of trusted advisors weighed in almost uniformly in opposition. It’s good to have a group as talented and deliberate as 5th West around.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I met my radiation oncologist, Dr. Kenneth Russell, today for the first time. He immediately recognized my Brass Rat, so I definitely have a good feeling about him. \u00a0 Radiation sounds like a pain. They basically strap me down in a Hannibal Lechter mask, attached to a board I lie on so I can’t move … Continue reading First hint of radiation<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-wellness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3ictG-1A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65,"url":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2005\/07\/hodgkins-lymphoma\/","url_meta":{"origin":98,"position":0},"title":"Hodgkin's Lymphoma","author":"john","date":"July 11, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"So the bad news is I have Cancer. 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