{"id":450,"date":"2016-09-27T04:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siangandannie.com\/peregrinate\/?p=450"},"modified":"2021-12-21T06:54:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:54:33","slug":"more-radiation-booster-shots-and-a-period-of-normalcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siangandannie.com\/peregrinate\/more-radiation-booster-shots-and-a-period-of-normalcy\/","title":{"rendered":"More Radiation, Booster Shots, and a Period of “Normalcy”"},"content":{"rendered":"

During Labor Day weekend, Ivy and Michele flew from the U.S. to visit us in Seoul. The sweet few days were filled with different food adventures and laughter (some of our weekend activities and pics can be found on Siang\u2019s post<\/a>). They brought us many goodies as well as gifts from others in Seattle. They also helped Siang clean our apartment. I\u2019m so thankful for their friendship and love, for taking such a long flight here just to see us. I feel privileged to have a great group of friends and family sending me love, hugs, support, prayers and positive thoughts from afar. I\u2019m truly blessed.<\/p>\n

Per the recommendation of the radiation oncologist, I received another 5 sessions of radiation therapy from Sep 6-12 to shrink the lesions in my C7 and T1 spine (near my neck). This should further reduce pain and help with the numbness and tingling I occasionally feel in my hands. Given the target location of the radiation, it was imperative that I stayed completely still during each treatment. So I was fitted with a custom-made immobilization device. The device was molded to cover my head to mid-torso, and was used to pin me down to the platform of the radiation therapy machine while I was being zapped. It was not the most comfortable experience. I felt like I was a dangerous mental health patient in a straitjacket. Thankfully each session was only about 5 minutes, so it wasn\u2019t too hard to endure.<\/p>\n

After I finished the last radiation session, I asked to take the mobilization device home as memento. As you can see from the pics, we had some fun with this thing. The mold looked a little freaky, should make a good Halloween costume.<\/p>\n