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On to Fry Day

Finally got word from Dr. Liza Stapleford this tonight around 7 p.m. that her caucus with Dr. Hadjapanayis confirmed that the radiosurgery has been green lighted. So it is on to Fry Day (a little radiation therapy humor). Dr. S says that someone will call me on Monday to set up the CT simulation and [...] [...]


Five Million Words Escaped Me

Women supposedly speak about 20,000 words per day, a number that is exactly 13,000 more words than the average man speaks during that same day. That means around about 160,000 words are spoken in our office each day by the eight women who are here every day. Another 80,000 are spoken by four other women [...] [...]


We Have a Plan

The pain in my back seems to be moving. It is not so much in my back at the place where Dr. Gorum’s incision gave him access to my spine, but in my upper left hip. The pain is sharp and it sizzles like a live wire. A nerve that is waking up after a [...] [...]


Radiation Treatment Plans

Dr. Liza Stapleford, Tufts University trained Emory radiation oncologist, popped into the room. First impressions: she’s very young and thin. She wears funky black velcro strapped sneakers and is topped with dark, shoulder-length  spiral curls. She’s very calm and bookish, in a good way. [...]