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@bens1
If your radiation works like everybody else’s, the doctor is not directly involved when you get your treatments. So the doctor isn’t going to see the fused images in real time. The people doing the treatment are the ones that see it.
Did you actually see your doctor, in the room where the radiation is controlled, while you were being treated? I know my doctor was never around when I was treated. The same is true with everybody else I’ve heard from having radiation.
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@jeffmarc Once I was positioned on the table, there was a doctor, not necessarily my doctor (though one time it was) who did a final review before the techs started the linear accelerator. I had SBRT so I guess because it was so few sessions absolute precision was required. I remember one day having to wait about 10 minutes because the doctor wasn't available.
@jeffmarc Same here Jeff. I met with the doctor every Friday just making sure I was doing ok.
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I actually did see the doctor in there. I am not sure how long she stayed. The one day that she had another patient, there was another radiation oncologist in there as well.
The Meridian machine requires three people in there as a normal process as opposed to other machines which from what I understand requires two.