10-Pre-fight build-up.
4th May 2020
Not only am I starting treatment earlier than planned, we all get the chance to escape lockdown for an hour or so, with Samros and Nisa being able to ‘take care’ of me, on the drive to Cheltenham. We’ll that’s my excuse to the old bill if we get stopped.
They’re not allowed into the Oncology Unit, but happy to sit in the car and wait. Each session I have is generally around 20 minutes , of which about 3-4 minutes is all required for the main treatment.
Here’s a picture of my main LINAC – named by the hospital as ‘Cherry’.
Personally I’d prefer somthing like ‘Big Lenny the LINAC’, but just pleased to have Ms Cherry on my side.
You can also see Big Manny laying there waiting for me…
I’ll update treatment once or twice a week – not sure much will happen this week – as we just weigh each other up on the 1st round.
Click here for in-depth details of the Gloucestershire Oncology Centre
I also found a great explainer of what a LINAC is and how advanced things are these days.
Enjoy this video – It’s from a clinic in the USA, but exactly the same model as I’ll be treated with.
I just wished w could have dubbed good old Glosser accents into the presenters 🙂