HERE you can find the previous post regarding this subject.
In the meantime already half of the treatments have been done at the PSI (Paul Scherrer Institut) in 'Villigen'.
With this mask, my eye is fixed, the eyelids are kept open by small clips
Overview: 'irradiation postion'; the protons are produced/ accelerated in a cyclotron in a seperate room/ building on the right side of this picture.
Approximately 'my view' (I'm just closer). You can see the copper waver, with a hole in the form of my tumor.
Through this hole the protons are beamed. At the 3-o'clock position of the waver there is a small light (yellow point). This point is calculated for every patient individually according the position of his tumor. The light can be rotated around and the light moved further in or out. This light I have to fix for the approx. 30 seconds of the irradiation.
The irradiation cannot be seen, smelt nor felt. Just a muted sound indicates the beginning / end of the treatment.
After the treatment you are not supposed to leave the areal of the PSI for approx. 20minutes. As you have become a little radio-active, an alarm would be activated at exit...
After the treatment you are not supposed to leave the areal of the PSI for approx. 20minutes. As you have become a little radio-active, an alarm would be activated at exit...
So far I have not (yet ?) detected any side effects; also the vision of my left eye is not (yet ?) impaired. The tumor will only change slowly over time; only in a few months the effect of the treatment can also actually be seen...
