Mira
11 years agoMember
Fits of giggles
Hi Everyone,
I'm just back from my second radiation treatment and I was wondering if other people get the giggles during treatment? I know cancer is serious stuff, but for some reason with radiati...
Mira, I laughed about your comment above. I absolutely hated/dreaded radiotherapy and lay on the treatment bench clenching my jaw until after it was all over. Oh yes, I was more relaxed but every time that machine started all I wanted to do was to run - thus the clenching of my jaw to keep me in place. :)
I found it interesting how some nurses would mark me with small blue lines whilst others were far heavier with the marker pen which made the marks more difficult to remove.
I was highly tempted to mark myself up on my last session with a smiley face but behaved myself! I did do my happy dance when I jumped off the treatment table, much to the amusement of all.