Nicki (and others who travel long distance for radiation) -- not sure if this is available where you are, but the American Cancer Society in Arizona has been putting my wife and I up in hotels during radiation weeks.

My radiation is in Phoenix, about 100 miles from home. Especially on chemo weeks, I just can't make the trips back and forth every day.

My radiation oncologist nurse set it up for us, through the ACS. They've put us in some pretty nice places, even a resort in Tempe one week. Might be worth looking into where you are. I know there is NO WAY we could have afforded paying for hotels over 7 straight weeks...

Tongue cancer (SCC), diagnosed Oct. 2003 (T2 N0 M0). Surgery to remove tumor. IMRT Radiation 30x in Dec 2003 - Jan. 2004. Recurrence lymph node - radical neck dissection June 2004. Second round of rad/chemo treatments ended Sept. 2004.