Day #2 2 down only 33 to go

Day 2 was kind of unique. It's not often that you go to a doctors appointment at 6 p.m. but that is what I did on my 2nd day. This was not bad because I was able to stay away from traffic problems both to and back from OHSU. By the way, I live in Vancouver, Washington and my treatments are at OHSU in Portland, Orgeon. This is about 11 miles from my home. Sometimes , because of traffic, this drive can take up to 1 hr each way! So, 6 p.m. really was a nice time for us.
Since we arrived early , because there was little traffic, they called my name earlier than 6 p.m.. When I was placed on the table I asked the technicians if there was a way to calm my nerves about wearing this mask. They told me one thing and that made all of the difference in the world. They assured me that if for any reason I needed to pull my head up, the mask would break loose from the clamp. Just knowing that made me so much more relaxed. They had told me before that they have camers in the room and if I need anything, just wave my hands and they would be there in a flash. I was not comfortable with that plan. Now that they said I could break loose from the mask clamp, I was like a new man. I told them, let's get busy and get this treatment done. They clamped me down and left me alone with my ESPN. Wait, that's not ESPN, that's music. I do not like to listen to music when I am in this type of situation. I wanted my ESPN. Next came a great song on the radio- China Grove by the Doobie Brothers. Here comes the great guitar intro and now the music---------stops and here is ESPN. Well, I couldn't complain, I got what I asked for.
I layed there about about 15 minutes and the the technician came in to tell me the good news. The computer had shut down and we would have to start all over again. Music to my ears......
She offered to take the mask off of me while we waited for the computer to reboot but being the man that I wish I were, I told her that I would just leave it on and wait.
In about 10 minutes we were up and running again. There were soft noises, hard noises, high pitch noises and then no noises- we were done.
After my treatment I was going to meet with my radiologist. This takes place every Tuesday.
We met for about 20 minutes and he assured me that I was doing fine and we were good to go.
Oh, did I mention that I am a huge New Orleans Saints fan? I bleed black and gold. Well, my doctor happens to be a Dallas Cowboy fan. The Cowboys put a whipping on my Saints this past Saturday and I had to eat crow. Having a few things in common with Dr. Holland, sure makes my visits with him more upbeat than most doctor meetings. Dr. Holland is a great person and he is one of the reasons I remain upbeat about my Radiation Therapy.
Okay 2 down 33 to go.