Burnt to a crisp..

[Faith in Him]

but doing fine. Hyperthermia isn't all that bad. The worse part is lying in the same position of an hour while the tech. heats up your skin.

I'm sharing the details since someone in our her2 family might benefit from this treatment. Hyperthermia can be used in areas that have already been treated with radiation. It can be used if there is skin involvement or some neck nodes. Also, if a tumor is close to the surface like possibly in the tummy area.

First: regular radiation on the table but at a lower dosage.

Second: A medium sized bag of water attached to the arm of a machine is pressed down on the area that has just been radiated. Utra sounds then go through the water and heat up the skin. You can get restless if the temp. gets too hot or sometimes the bag pressing down on you can get really uncomfortable.

I get treated twice a week. Sorry, that is a really rough description of it.

So far, I am happy with the treatments.

Tonya