Cancer Schmancer

Today we learned the pros and cons of radiation treatment and I have decided to go for it. Apparently tomorrow's CT scan is irrelevant for this decision (unless something totally unexpected shows up) and I will have a slightly different scan next month in prep for the treatment to start at the end of July. As a bonus, I'll be getting some small tattoos to guide the radiation people, but Bob says they likely won't be butterflies or anything cool like that.
It will be six weeks of daily treatment with weekends off, with side effects somewhat like chemo, but perhaps not as severe. Frankly, the biggest problem I see with this is the cost of parking at the hospital.
Deciding on the treatment required considerable faith in the unknown, because my cancer is too rare to have shown up in research studies that would clearly support it. On the other hand, there is enough logical related information from other cancers to make me feel it's worth the side effects, both short and long term. And once again, I had a feeling of confidence in the people at PMH. And I have faith in myself.