Planning and Treatment

Saturday I got notice from the City of Hope that we are good to go!. My treatment planning appointment is 12/11/08. This includes an MRI and CT scan. Since the prostate moves it is important that they focus on the exact target each time. Tomo Therapy is a very focused and customized form of high tech radiation therapy. So the objective is to map my prostate so they make sure the radiation only goes where it suppose to go and not damage any healthy tissues and thus minimize side effects. Once the mapping is done the radiation oncologist team will analyze the computer data and customize my treatment area and dosage. COH has done over 20k of these so I feel comfortable they know what they are doing. Once this mapping process is done it takes a week to analyze the information. So my actual treatment will begin on 12/18. I will visit the hospital for these treatments for 35 days Monday through Friday. The treatments and set up last about 15 to 20 minutes. The good thing is I get an head start on my insurance coverage before everything resets on 1/1/09. This will save me $$$ on my deductibles and co-payments. YaHoo! More is more and less is less.