Today's zappy, with added infodump!

Today was the first day I took the bus from downtown to get to my radiation treatment. This necessitated my catching the 252 at Olive and Terry, and I think it was the 4:05 bus I caught--only it actually reached the bus stop around 4:15. Which doesn't surprise me, given downtown traffic. And as we got onto 520 and then 405, I was made thankful all over again that I no longer have to do the 520 commute. Because damn. I'd really rather forgotten the stop-and-goness that is 405 northbound during rush hour.

The good part of it was, though, that I got off the 252 very near the hospital, an easy short walk. In fact, I got there early enough that I had time beforehand to chat with Michelle, the radiation oncology nurse, who wanted to give me a general infodump about things like my prescribed radiation dosage, what side effects I can expect and when and what to do about them, and what they'll be looking for every week when they do a status check with me.

( Michelle's infodump, or, Getting My Boobie Zapped 101 )

Getting back was fairly quick and painless, too. Caught the 238 near the hospital, which dropped me off in downtown Bothell. From there I walked down to the bus stop I usually go to after chiro, and from there I was able to hop the 522 straight home. So yay, bus patterns for the next seven weeks all worked out and stuff.

Chris, one of the two radiation techs I'm working with, asked me if there was any possibility I can come in for a 3:40 zapping on Friday since apparently they're having tight staffing issues this week. I'll have to ask my boss about that tomorrow.

And, in honor of this being a medical-themed post, I now have an icon of Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender healing her hands in the water. Icon by inking_ernie. It seems appropos for medical posts. ^_^