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| DATE | 2015-05-03 |
| FROM | Rick Moen
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Journal Club meeting
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Quoting Ruben Safir (mrbrklyn-at-panix.com):
> On 05/03/2015 12:48 PM, Elfen Magix wrote:
> > Sorry, can't be there. I'm having radiation therapy on Weds for the
> > Thyroid, and will be glowing for the next few days after that. I'll
> > discuss it with my doc first. I doubt he'll say yes while I'm
> > running hot.
>
> Glow on Baby!
Hell no, we won't glow!
(getting '60s flashbacks)
Adjuvant external-beam radiotherapy (_not_ the same as what Elfen
is having, which probably involves a tiny radioactive pellet being
placed in the middle of the thyroid) is a little unnerving in a couple
of ways. First, you have it in a room that is separated from the
medical centre staff by a thick leaded window and an impossibly thick
steel door -- which is enough to make you think: Hulk? Spider-man?
What am I getting into, here?
Second, the linear accelerator is disquietingly... quiet. Something
inside whirs a bit, something very quietly buzzes, but somehow you
expect something more industrial.
Third, there are the laser-light projected lines they use to make sure
they're aiming at the right spots, which make you imagine you're about
to be ginsu-knived into little pieces for someone's grill.
It's all very odd and science-fictional.
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