the radiation room.

OK. I know these are kind of creepy but this is what Mike does every day Monday through Friday at 2:15pm.  One day this week he said "Why don't you come on back with me?"  "Oh. OK. Sure."

He sets up his Bose iPod port and selects the music that will comfort and distract him. He puts in his bottom retainer (which supposedly helps to deflect the radiation coming off his metal filling) and he crawls up on the table.  After he is lined up and in position they snap on the mask which holds his head in place (and perfectly still) during the 20 minutes of treatment where radiation beams work the area at risk for cancer cells.  I kiss him and tell him how brave he is.  I go back to the waiting room and prayer for him... and needlepoint.