I actually gave the MO a shopping list of drugs (which he gave me anything I wanted) so I would have them on hand and ready to go when I needed them - everything from pain meds, anti-anxiety, infection/thrush control, anti-emetics, etc. I really didn't want to have to go to emergency if something came up on the weekend or after hours.

I can vouch for what Nelie says about the oncology nurses - they are pros. I hardly even felt the IV's and I didn't have a port.

After a very short you realize your life depends on the needles and you just accept it - you don't have to like it! Almost without exception the people I met were pretty compassionate about that so it never reached the level that my fears gave it.