Update...

I had my simulation for my radiation treatments, which start on Monday. It was very interesting. They needed to find a position for me that minimized skin folds in the treatment area, because folds in the skin cause that area to get "double dosed" during treatment, and can cause sore/ burned spots. They also make something called a "cradle" for you to lay in during treatment, so that you are always in the exact same position every time. This was done with something that looked like a thin, blue pillow. It was filled with Styrofoam like beads. When they find the position they want, the air is sucked out of the "pillow", and it conforms to your body and becomes solid and firm. They then take an MRI to determine where they want the radiation to target, and then they draw on your skin with paint markers, and cover the most important points with clear bandage tape, to protect the marks. The whole process took less than an hour.

This was done yesterday. We then took 2 of our horses to Conroe to be freeze branded. The Montgomery County Horseman's Association holds a low cost freeze branding clinic every year. We have gotten 2 new horses in the last year, and wanted them marked, to protect them from being easy targets of horse thieves. They are now sporting patches on their flanks where the hair has been shaved off, and they have mild freezer burns, that I treated with generic preparation-H. It relieves pain, shrinks swelling, and is thick, and oily enough to stay in place. This is the recommended treatment. When healed up, the hair will grow in white where they were branded, and the whole process is much less painful than a hot brand.