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@northoftheborder Like you, I'm also in Ontario. My gold seeds/fiducial markers will be put in place on March 26. On the 2t7h or the 28th, will be my simulation (planning). Yes, I will be on the same treatment table that I will be on, for the 5-dose (Mon-Wed-Fri-Mon-Wednesday) actual treatment. The dates have not been set as of the past week, but I was told that usually they're after two weeks from the time the gold seeds are put in place. As @colleenyoung mentioned, actual treatment can be a few weeks from simulation date.

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I got those little alignment dots twice — once for the radiation to the spinal metastasis (5 sessions) and once for the radiation to the prostate (20 sessions) — and I joked with my family that I was "inked" now.

I forgot to ask if they could do a skull or anchor instead of just the dots. 🙂