... only five zaps left to go, five more 'stepping stones' to the far side of the cerenkov blue River of Radiation.  The last four weeks or so have gone quickly but I will be glad to get to the end of it now.  Although I have the first appointment every day (8:30) and it's only a ten minute walk to get there, it eats quite a way into the morning one way and another - often it's about 10 o'clock before I can start work, even assuming it's a day when I don't need to go to church to study commentaries or some such.

So, I am now counting down to relative freedom, taking the last few steps and straining towards the goal (to go all Pauline for a minute) and a return to a more normal working pattern.