GER BEING GER

I have to admit that once the doctors decided to give Ger an MRI of the brain we really did wonder what, if anything, they would find. A tiny tiny under sized bit of grey matter ? Empty space?  Cotton Fluff ?  A REAL BRAIN ?  Impossible. But sure enough, there it was, a full size brain.  Granted it is still a MALE brain, which immediately lets you know it is odd, but it is indeed a brain. The fact that there are spots of cancer taking root there is not a good thing but at least they are found early and are being radiated daily for the next 2 weeks.

Radiation . . .  started on Monday after our meeting with the radiation oncologist a couple of times last week. Dr. Herold seems to be very intelligent and we like him because he thinks for himself and goes "Outside The Box" in his thinking. After discussing our plan of attack Ger was brought in to have a "mask" made that would anchor him to the "table" so that the radiation can be directed at the spots of cancer in his brain. The technology is AMAZING !  Ger and I are both fascinated by this entire process. The radiation only takes 5 minutes each day and so far Ger is not having any side effects.

BUT . . .   We really had hoped that the radiation just might make Ger a little bit smarter. I am sorry to report that this is not the case so far. Ger continues to be Ger.
On Monday, the first day of radiation we went to the cancer center together and Ger took his "RADIATION ID CARD" out of his wallet, scanned it at the desk and was promptly called in for his first session.
Yesterday I sent Ger off on his own and he surprisingly found the cancer center without a problem. In he went with his ID card and proceeded to take it to the desk and scan it at the COFFEE MAKER !
You know those Kurig coffee machines that have a spout on them . . . there stood my husband holding his ID card under the spout of the coffee machine and wondering why it wasn't scanning. The girls at the desk were watching this whole thing so when Ger realized what he was doing he turned to them and made some comment about not getting any coffee from his card scan. I think that was when the 2 girls fell out of their chairs laughing.
AND GER CAME HOME TO TELL ME THIS !  You know it was too good to let go by so now the entire family knows about "dad and the coffee machine" and the jokes are flying. Keri sent Ger a picture on his IPAD today.  It showed a coffee machine and the caption, "no wonder I haven't gotten any pay checks yet".

If all it takes to beat cancer is a good laugh every day we got this BEAT BIG TIME !