Thanks Ken, I have been burning music and asking friends for suggestions on what might keep my mind off treatments. My PET scan included Godsmack's "Serenity" and a whole lot of Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Paul Simon's "I am a Rock" The music was indeed like a drug. They also allowed me to take a Lorazepam and pain pill before starting.

Unfortunately, I've never been one for bondage and being tied up so the whole bit about being bolted in will probably be similar to having my head and arms strapped. Being an HBO suscriber, I never realized there were people that actually LIKED being tied up out there in the world. Go figure.

One of my longtime friends suggested the music of The Ramones "I Wanna be Sedated"

I'm planning to use both audio and video to get me thru treatments. Ordered all the Simpsons and Southpark on DVD. With Ben Stiller's "Dodgeball" DVD out, I keep laughing as it applies to cancer and the line "IF you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!!" "If you can dodge traffic, you can dodge a ball!"

At age 43 with all this treatment time on my hands, my claim to fame will probably be the memorization of all Simpsons and Southpark. Geeze.

Hopefully, someone will post on whether or not I should eat before chemo on Cistplatin. All I basically want to know is that if it's a good thing to have something in your stomach or if that's a bad plan because it will magically reappear... lol. I dislike vomiting, especially if I have the unfortunate circumstance of having to throw up in front of strangers.

Guess those people won't be strangers long. Maybe they'll be puking too!

Jen