UFPTI revisited

We arrived at UFPTI early before the weekly prospective patients, patients, and graduates luncheon.  Usually parking is tough to find, but we were early enough to get into to patient treatment parking lot.  Tim entered his code as he had done over 40 times between January 16 and March 14.

Tim in front of UFPTI

 Proceeding toward the lobby we said hello to Roscoe, the parking attendant.  He always has a smile and a pleasant word to say to make patients and visitors welcome.  Inside the lobby we greeted the receptionist, Dinah who welcomes everyone.  Dinah has a big smile on her face as we greet her.  We don't recognize anyone else in the lobby nor the therapists who come out to get patients.  Tim asks Dinah if Rachel or Ramon are working.  Ramon is off and Rachel is at lunch.  We ask to see Rachel when she is available.  From the lobby we head upstairs to lunch.  We meet two patients at the table.  One patient is halfway through 39 treatments and the other is a week from finishing.  They are both doing well.
Tim's favorite therapist, Rachel, approaches him from behind (that's not a good thing if you know what I mean.)  At least she didn't have a balloon in her hand.  Hugs followed after no balloon was in site.

Tim's favorite therapist, Rachel

Rachel and Tim held a very friendly banter during his treatments.  They would tease each other relentlessly.  Rachel is an Alabama girl with a heavy southern drawl.  She would call Tim to the treatment gantry from the gowning room with a long drawn-out "Mister Tyyyyyyylllllleeeeerrrrr".  Rachel has a great personality, extremely friendly and very knowledgeable regarding her job and the patients.  Tim never looked forward to his daily radiation treatments, but the therapists made the treatments bearable.  Rachel and Ramon were two gems among the great group of about a dozens therapists who treated Tim.
After lunch we drove the bus to east, central Georgia to near Jesup to met a fellow proton patient.