No go

The radiation machine broke down today. I didn't find this out till I had driven downtown in slushy snow for 50 minutes this morning and had been waiting in the waiting area for another 10. I hung around another hour waiting to hear if it was going to be fixable (my choice, they told me I could go home or wait and see, since I'd already gone to all that trouble to get there I figured I might as well stay). Ended up that the machine needed a part that had to be ordered so I went home. I got a call later this afternoon that the part would be coming in tomorrow morning and to call them around noontime to see if it was fixed and if I would be able to come in for an afternoon appt. They have more than one machine but because I am getting IMRT I can only use that one particular machine.

I didn't mind the waiting and although I wasn't thrilled with all the driving (less so because of the snow and the traffic the snow caused) that didn't bother me that much. The time wasted wasn't great (all together about 3 hours) but it was time I had allotted for radiation anyway. Mostly it just feels like I hit the curb. Things were going along fine and then bump! You have to stop and readjust and start again from 0 mph. Like the momentum has been stopped. Not a big deal really, but it's kind of like a psychological ugh.