Radiation routine

Four days into this and it's already starting to feel routine.
I pack up and tear myself away from my desk just shy of 1/2 hour before my appointment. Climb in my car and drive from the south end of Maplewood to the north end up White Bear Avenue.
Score a good parking spot in the permit parking section close to the clinic door. Walk in, greet the receptionist, find a seat in the waiting room.
Within minutes, the technician fetches me and I shut myself up in a dressing room. Strip to the waist, wipe off any remnants of deodorant from under my left arm, slip on a gown on, open to the back, followed by a robe.
Walk a few steps to the treatment room. Remove the robe, lay down on the treatment table, take my arms out of the gown and wrap my hands around the plastic bars that are just behind my head, resting my arms on wing boards.
The technician puts a blue wedge under my knees and places my feet in a foam block. She checks and adjusts the position of my arms and chin, then starts positioning the radiation 'camera'. Key to this is lining up the red cross-hatch projected by the camera with the purple plus signs in the middle of my sternum and on each side of my rib cage.
Measure, gently prod, gently nudge, measure, check the sheet, double check. We chat a little but not much. I figure she's got a lot on her mind.
When everything is set, the treatments proceed with more shifting and positioning and measuring and double checking in between. My nose usually starts itching about halfway through, but I can't scratch it.
Lying on the table isn't hard work but I am always glad when it's over and I can bring my arms back down, scratch my nose and lift my head off the hard plastic form it's been cradled in.
Off the table, put the robe back on, say 'see you tomorrow' to the technician, head for the changing room where I slather lotion all over the treated area, discard the gowns, put my clothes back on and head out the door, bidding farewell to the receptionist. Climb in my car and head east to home and family.