Big Fat Blue Marker Part 2

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10-5-12:  Big Fat Blue Marker Part 2

Hey, Guys!  Hope this finds you well. Today, I finished my 6^th week of radiation treatment.  Next week, I will have 5 “boost” treatments and then I am DONE with radiation.  Which is a good thing, because my pink square is now a red square.

So yesterday, my appointment was longer than usual, because they had to draw some new marks on me.  This one is a circle.

So in honor of my new circle drawn in BIG FAT BLUE MARKER on my chest, I thought someone might like to read BIG FAT BLUE MARKER PART 1, which I wrote 3 weeks ago.  Just insert “4 inch diameter circle” wherever you read “12 by 12 inch square”, and that’s pretty much the experience I had with the circle doodling on my chest this week.  Here ya go:

I am three weeks into radiation treatments, and all is going well.  The treatments are done in the building next to mine, and it’s just a quick 30 minutes and I am back to work.  The staff are great, just as exceptional as the oncology clinics upstairs.

Three weeks ago before radiation therapy started, I went into Radiation Oncology to “get my marks”.  You see, in order to line up the machine correctly for radiation treatments, they have to mark your body so that the marks on your body line up with the grid on the machine. 

I had a grand time at that appointment!

You see, growing up, we were always told to be careful with markers because marker doesn’t come off of clothes, or skin or walls or anything else for that matter very well.

And there was the technician with her fat blue marker, drawing on my skin as if she had never been taught that rule.

I busted out laughing at one point, and the technician said, “Oh, I’m sorry, I know this can tickle a bit”.

I told her that I wasn’t laughing because it tickled.  I told her I was laughing because she just drew a 12 INCH BY 12 INCH SQUARE ON MY BODY IN FAT BLUE MARKER.

I smiled broadly at her—because honestly, when am I ever going to have someone draw a 12 INCH BY 12 INCH SQUARE ON MY BODY IN FAT BLUE MARKER again?

It was fabulous, and I’ve been giggling about it ever since.

So I got to thinking about other experiences I have had in my life that still have me giggling.  I hope one will come to your mind today, too.  And if one doesn’t come to mind—well, I recommend that you go draw a 12 INCH BY 12 INCH SQUARE ON YOUR BODY IN FAT BLUE MARKER!  That will fix you right up.