Around MDACC there are a ton of by-the-week apartments, fully equipped that have everything from phones to forks in them. I stayed there on my trip and found it adequate, inexpensive, and close to treatment, but not home by a long shot. If it were not for my daily emails from friends who went out of their way to require my responses by the page full, I might have gone a little nuts. After the third week this became less important, as the treatments had me wanting to sleep all the time anyway. Blockbuster down the street gave me the opportunity to see every movie I had missed in the last ten years..... MDACC has a free shuttle bus that makes the rounds of the apartments many times a day. It's doable. Fun it is not. But you have now found a great group of people who will be on line with you as much as you need to keep your spirits up, your questions answered, or just listen when you want to vent. You will get through this, and life on the other side is both good and sweet. Never though I would say that, but this gives you a whole new perspective on what life is really all about.