I just got a quick tour of the room where he gets his radiation treatment. The machine is huge! It costs over $10,000.000 and weighs multiple tons! The technician, Jeff, showed me how they triangulate Jim's location on the table using his three new tattoos and laser lights. Then the machine gets a more specific read and then it all rotates around him during the treatment. It seems like it might be easier to spin him around like on a bar-b-que spit rather than to move that giant machine! After they get him dialed into place, the technician and I had to leave the room and he pushed a button to shut the 4 layer thick door! The machine has something to do with particle acceleration! Simply amazing! All in all he spends less than 15 minutes on the platform, Monday through Friday.
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