Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 319 Likes: 1 | [quote=calhoun]Hey Bart,I also live in the panhandle. I'm having the chemo in Sandestin, and the radiation in Panama city. I have to drive from one to the other on the days of chemo and radiation. Radiation days will be a lot less driving (about 15 miles each way). Will I be able to drive for most of this? [/quote]
I drove to all my appointments (24 miles each way) for chemo and radiation (and everything else,) but I suspect that my case was unusual. I was never bothered by the radiation, not even post-tx; but as I said, my case is probably an outlier.
I did have to keep a sharp eye on both the traffic and the side of the road, looking for a safe place to pull over and heave if it got the better of me because I was nauseated to the eyeballs at all times.
As ChristineB suggested, line up some helpers to drive for you when you aren't feeling up to it. I hope your experience mirrors my own, but I sure wouldn't count on it from what I've read here.
My intro: http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbt...3644#Post16364409/09 - Dx OC Stg IV 10/09 - Chemo/3 Cisplatin, 40 rad 11/09 - PET CLEAN 07/11 - Dx Stage IV C. (Liver) 06/12 - PET CLEAN 09/12 - PET Dist Met (Liver) 04/13 - PET CLEAN 06/13 - PET Dist Met (Liver + 1 lymph node) 10/13 - PET - Xeloda ineffective 11/13 - Liver packed w/ SIRI-Spheres 02/14 - PET - Siri-Spheres effective, 4cm tumor in lymph-node 03/15 - Begin 15 Rads 03/24 - Final Rad! Woot! 7/27/14 Bart passed away. RIP!
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