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Cancer Support

Jim Lane

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4. Congratulations! I didn't know they still made marks on the patient.

Reply to Ms. Toad (Original post)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 01:05 PM

Aug 2016

My treatment was different, I guess because they needed to bombard my eye. They molded a mask of my face and made all the marks on the mask. Then each day when I showed up (two days of prep and 17 days of zapping), they fitted the mask to my face and used that to guide the radiation.

There were no marks on me at all, which is my excuse for not creating any cool artwork. That, and a total lack of talent.

About Sadako Sasaki, the Hiroshima girl, have you ever heard Fred Small's song about her, "Cranes over Hiroshima"?

"This is our cry/This is our prayer/Peace in the world...."

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Done! [View all] Ms. Toad Aug 2016 OP

GREAT!!! PennyK Aug 2016 #1

Wonderful drawing and story. alfredo Aug 2016 #2

Nice drawing! Great news!! Solly Mack Aug 2016 #3

Congratulations! I didn't know they still made marks on the patient. Jim Lane Aug 2016 #4

Perhaps different location - or a different kind of cancer. Ms. Toad Aug 2016 #5

You Did Well!!! And your drawing is fantastic ... slipslidingaway Aug 2016 #6