They first scheduled me for 40 treatments, but I confered with the PA
yesterday and he said they raised it to 42. I told him my hip had
started hurting again, he said,"yes, we thought so, we need more
x-rays."  How did "we" know? Then the onc came in and asked how severe
the pain has been. I told her about a 3-5 most of the time, with
somedays a 7. Usually a 3-6 x-strength Tylenol days.

The machine they use has "Varian" up on the "eye?" that goes around me.
It hits 6 spots using 360 degrees. It goes under the table and
everything. Seems like it has "21C or 21E" written on it too. It looks
like a big, gray, 1950's sci-fi machine with a big eye on it. It's
bolted on a big, black, metal box that looks alittle like a huge, old
fashioned, school locker, but, 8' tall and 6 wide and 6 deep. There are
red laser dots coming from the ceiling, walls, computer screens
everywhere. Ultasound, and I can't remember what all.

Does this sound like everybody else's machine? And, Why can't that
thing take x-rays of my hip? It looks pretty smart and I'm on it
everyday. This place has an excellent reputation, but I can't help but
think they are just tryin to make payments on the machine.
Has anyone else ran into this type of problem?

Thank-you

David