[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#Post163644

09/09 - 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!