Radiation Begins

Well today was the first day of radiation...finally!  I am ready to get this going and over with!  I had a CT scan last week, and they placed marks and tape on my skin.  This weekend, the tape was really bothering me, and it took everything in me not to mess with it, but it eventually fell off in the shower.  The reason it was bothering me was because I had an allergic reaction to it.  I had a nice little rash where the tape had been, which I think was a good thing, because it helped them to remark me today.  So they did some x-rays, had the doctor take a look at them, remarked me, and then radiated me.  It was kinda crazy.  They tell you on the speaker that they are about to start, and all of a sudden, staying still seems very hard.  I was worried that if I breathed too hard I would mess up the rays and it would zap something it wasn't supposed to.  So I was laying there thinking how crazy it is that I can't feel or see any of the radiation, but that it was actually happening.  And it was even crazier that this stuff is so powerful that it only took two or three minutes, if that, to have an impact.  I actually got a little nervous for a few seconds, but then I just started praying for people, and it took my mind off of it.  And then I imagined the Lord in there with me, bending those lasers and directing the radiation in just the right places, kinda like in the end of the second Kung-Fu Panda when he was catching those fire balls and redirecting them.  LOL!  Then it was even harder to be still because I was cracking myself up.  I kept telling myself that I was in the hands of the Great Physician, and knew I was not alone in there.  I am so thankful to God for the doctors that he has provided me with throughout all of this.  I can honestly say that I love them.  Please keep me in your prayers for the next five and half weeks.  Thank you for all of your prayers and support.  It means more to me than I can tell you.