Gordon,
Hello...my husband had a continuous infusion pump of 5fu when he did his chemotherapy. He had chemo at his oncologist's office the first day(Taxotere and cisplatin), then they hooked him up (you need to have a mediport to do this) to the 5fu and sent him home for 4 days of continuous infustion, he returned on Friday to have the pump unhooked. He did four 28-day cycles of this type of chemo. I'm not sure it's for everyone, could it be that they wanted to keep a closer eye on you? not everyone handles this therapy well from what I hear...
best of luck with your treatment, hang in there.

Jan

Wife of Jim-SCC, Base of Tongue Cancer Stage 3 or 4 (depending on who you ask) Diagnosed November 2002, 4 rounds of chemo, 43 radiation treatments...21 years post-treatment and still ticking.