Here at Winfield

Finally got through with the Radiologist around 1:30 pm Friday. They have to position you so that the radiation focal point is on the tumor. They do that by using a series of infra red beams then tatoo itty bitty dots on the chest and rib cage and then they try to line everything up and take a series of xrays as this huge arm rotates completely around the body---I felt a little like I was in the "Little Shop of Terror" and the huge plant was saying "feed me--FEED ME". All the while you have to lay perfectly still with your arms stretched above your head. This procedure took 2 sessions of about 1/2 and hour to 45 minutes---the actual treatment will take only about 8-10 minutes of radiation 5 days a week. It was by no means arduous but I can appreciate that it doesnt take much to understand torture and these people are trying to help. Im just glad they were not trying extricate information--I would have talked in another hour or so--may be 5 minutes.
But the good news is I arrived in Oxford/Winfield---because of the flooding at the Winfield Fairgrounds no one was able to camp there so camp sites are scattered all over---most of the people that congregate at the Cabinfever site were at the Oxford park in Oxford, Ks which is about 8 miles from Winfield. Yes! we picked and grinned and had a very good time---as many of you know there is Winfield with the stages and entertainers and then there are the camp sites with all the jam sessions--it is like having a family re-union every year. The only down part was that Bob Black hasnt been able to come, he has stage IV lung, brain and spinal cancer--he was diagnosed just 3 weeks before I was---he too is a member of the FIGHTING ZEBRAS. I will discuss the fighting zebras in a later post--chow!