Ka-Pow! Yoga Dropbacks and Super Duper Radiation Tables

5 days a week for a month. Almost 1/2 way through , round 2. I always feel like Jodie Foster in "Contact" (one of the BEST MOVIES EVER! Are you with me??)  when I lay on this mega treatment machine manufactured by Varian at Texas Oncology Radiation/Midtown.  This is one of several at their offices off of 37th and Lamar.

"Radiation therapy, also known as radiotherapy, uses a focused beam of energy to damage cancerous cells while minimizing exposure to healthy tissue. Radiation damages the DNA in cancer cells, which interrupts their ability to reproduce, causing them to die and the tumor to shrink. Normal cells can recover from radiation more easily.

Treatment is delivered to the target site with a machine called a linear accelerator, or linac. The linac generates a high-energy beam, which is delivered from many different angles, to target each part of the tumor and deliver the prescribed amount of radiation. Typically, treatment is delivered five days a week over several weeks."

Radiation makes you pooped out.  You get a deep fatigue and serious brain fog.  Your skin burns.   And I'm only in there for a few minutes of zapping per session.   Many precious patients receive radiation for up to 45 minutes,  depending on their diagnosis.  Many precious patients go through this alone.  I'm lucky to have so much care  and support.

Yoga Asana Dropback LOVE! . I'll be practicing a different asana with my temporary partner , Varian, for the next two weeks to honor CYA.   Will you consider supporting  the Community Yoga Yogathon/ CYA Yogathon and Picnic  by helping me raise funds for this event and  their mission?  Click Here for your Sponsorship.

"The mission of Community Yoga is to offer the practices of yoga, mindfulness and other evidenced-based wellness programming to under-served communities who may not otherwise have access. Our commitment is to facilitate personal empowerment and social change by unlocking the inherent value of our communities"

Calvin's Dropback. Not bad for a first time, eh?  One of the wonderful radiological techs that minds over me everyday.  He gave me permission to post in hopes  that he could become an internet STAR.

~Today's Mantra ~