March 1st — A nuclear engineer friend of mine sent me an email explaining some of the radiation I’m undergoing, hoping, I’m sure to put my mind at ease. While I enjoyed the technical descriptions of the difference between subatomic vibrations of electrons in x-rays and gamma rays, I was a bit startled by my friend’s description of my body being in a giant microwave oven with the radiated particles cooking my cancer cells. And how is this a comforting thought? I have to say it gave me something different to think about while holding my breath under the giant machine this morning. I could have used my treatment to warm up my cool cup of coffee!