[quote=TwinPeaks]Is there a brand of cream lip balm without menthol that you can recommend? I can't think of one....[/quote]
He said Blistek (sp?), but the one I liked was a Blistek in an orange tube with 'natural ingredients'. It did contain menthol so it was poo-pooed by the nurse, but I still liked it - you can't use anything (cream, balm etc.) an hour or 2 prior to radiation.
[quote=Kelly211]You might want to add some game books like crossword or saduko (sp) for those long waits in the rad department and doctors office. [/quote]I was lucky - the whole rad waiting room was filled with large tables, those weird lazy-boy type chairs for people that needed them, and they had jigsaw puzzles on all of the big tables. The volunteer cancer rad/chemo drivers (wonderful men - no women for some odd reason) always complained that there were no new puzzles and they were tired of the old ones. The new set of rad patients picked the same ones over and over again.

Great distraction for me and my husband. Now that's an idea! Donate your old jigsaw puzzles to your local hospital.

Thanks for that idea Kelly...love you all