A Journey in Pink Part III, Gamma Rays and Hypofractionated Beams by Bonna L. Nelson
I don’t tell my story to scare people but to stress the importance of knowing your own body and trusting your instincts. ~ Olivia Newton-John Singer and actress, diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992 and float in and out of my sightline. My table moves up and down, back and forth. One figure adjusts my arms and places my hands on grip bars over my head. Another turns my head to the left. One adjusts my lowered
Wait! What’s going on here? How did I get here? What am I doing lying on a table in the middle of a cavernous room, bare from the waist up, surrounded by machines zooming and whirling around me? Masked figures in blue coats hover near me
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