A family heads home, late at night, from the Proton Therapy Institute. Treating children for cancer is a specialty here
Routine maintenance on the proton delivery unit in one gantry. The entire 'white' area of the room can rotate around a patient
The 'head' of one of the proton guns
The apertures created for me
Body casts for patients being treated today
The balloon enema
A length of gold marker coil
Me in the Gantry - the protons come from the left, the units coming out of the wall are for x-ray positioning
Scenes around the St. Johns/Riverside neighborhood I am staying in
In my opinion living in the Riverside/St John's area is a great choice if you are getting treatment in Jacksonville. It's 13 minutes from the Proton Center, there are plenty of restaurants, shops, services, a Publix supermarket and great shaded places to walk. There is a first rate art museum that you can visit free as a proton patient, beautiful gardens, a weekend crafts market and Memorial Park, which is a beautiful spot on the water right in the middle of town. Shaded streets and parks become very important if you are here in the summer and you want to get outside.
I like to jog on the street along the river out back of my apartment
or at Memorial Park
The Memorial park monument
The St John's River at night. My apartment is, roughly, under the clouds
The St. Johns shopping district
Hawker Asian Fusion restaurant - it may be a little spicy for me right now, but so good!
The local taco joint - they make their own tortillas
Me with my green runners at my favorite spot in the park
This is the block I am living on.
I'm in the apartment above the garage
The church pool where I swim - and my living room
Thanks to Drew and Maggie Thoeni who rented me their spectacular guest apartment for my treatments. To me, that apartment was the ideal place to stay and I could not have asked for nicer or more accommodating hosts !
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