Argghhh!! I HATE machine problems. On a day when my husband was not doing well, we drove 45 minutes to the hospital...waited (because they were NEVER on time) for another 45 minutes and just before he was supposed to go in for his treatment there was an electrical problem. Electricity was quickly restored but the communication between the equipment and the operator console was not. We waited 2 hours more for the issue to be resolved and then we were told to go home. I was not a happy camper!

I think it is ok to miss a treatment here and there. Our hospital doesn't treat on holidays so Dan had 2 missed the electrical day and July 4th during treatment.

I hope they have resolved the problems w/ the equipment and that you can get through the remaining ones w/out delay so you can focus on recovery.


Margaret
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C/G: Husband, 48 (at time of dx)
Dx 5/18/07 SCC, BOT, lymph node involvement. T1N2BM0. (Stage 4a, G2/3)
Tx 6/18 - 8/3/07, IMRT x 33 Cisplatin x3 (stopped after 1st dose due to hearing issues). Weekly Erbitux started 6/27/07 completed 8/6/07.