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22. Cancer Diaries - The final phase of delivery

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I'm back commuting again after nearly 3 years of working the majority of my time at home. This time my commute is not for work though, it's for the final phase of this cancer project, it's to go to Radiotherapy sessions. I'm having to renew my old morning routine, in addition to the alarm going off, getting up and showering, dressing and eating breakfast. I now remember to check the weather and the train times to plan my journey. Every working day for 3 weeks I shall be doing this commute. I've completed my first week so I thought I'd share what I've been up to. Radiotherapy, I've known many people say they've had it, mainly for cancer reasons, but I've never really understood the actual process, until now. Back in December I had my planning session where I was put onto a special bed and into a scanner to plot where the radiotherapy beams would target on my body. At the end of the session I was given tattoos as additional markers. When someone de