Your Chemo Room - please describe

My chemo room was bright and open. The nurses were chatty and reassuring. It was a big room with chairs lining the walls. At first I was nervous, but as time went on, I started talking with more and more of the other patients. We had very lively Thursday sessions, and really looked forward to seeing each other. We became quite the chatty bunch ourselves

Meme, I just wanted to suggest the Triple Positive Group as I see you are triple positive. They are a great group and very supportive and knowledgeable.

Liz

I ended up not having chemo, but had two years of Pamidronate infusions. My center is large (probably 30 chairs and several closed rooms with beds). All the chairs are nice recliners with privacy curtains and individual TV's. The rooms are light, bright and there are windows on the outer walls. There is a patient kitchen with juices, soups, light snacks and facilities for warming food you may have brought from home. The staff is warm, wonderful and upbeat. They feel like friends and still greet me warmly when I go for my monthly port flush. If you're not comfortable with your mo or any aspect of your care, please seek a second opinion

I go to a new location so it is bright with huge windows over looking the woods and a pond. The recliners are purple, and we have cable TV, and the nurses are the best ever. We have a lot of fun, we wear Tiaras on Tuesday infusion day, crazy socks for Halloween, and festive beads for St. Pat's. Christmas was festive, and I am working on their Easter Basket! They are not only concerned about our time there as a patient, they really make the effort to have fun, be kind and compassionate, but they know us as people first. We have snacks and juice, and a microwave to heat our lunches. They also had a nice small collection of books, magazines, and BC info. Local churches also make quilts for every new patient, and others knit lovely hats to keep our heads warm. The support staff are so helpful, and keep us straight on appointments and orders. It is the best part of my journey, I can't say enough about the level of care I receive there.

My center is an elongated shallow U-shaped room, with the nurses station in the middle.  It is on the top floor of the building and has windows covering the entire back, so sunny and nice views.  There are half a dozen recliners in the short parts of the U-shape, and about twenty in the long row.  There are no partitions or curtains, and no rooms with beds.  There are flat screen TVs for about each half dozen chairs.  People bring laptops, books and magazines, there are some snacks and water dispensers and coffee.  The nurses are fantastic and the general atmosphere is cheerful, warm and friendly.  There is a lot of conversation and laughing, but also respect for those who are not feeling well during their infusion.  There are folks there getting things other than chemo also - some get iron supplementation, or other drugs by IV - not everyone is a cancer patient, some have hematological issues.  The folks who want to sleep gravitate to the corner areas where it is a bit quieter.  Due to being Her2+ I had infusions at this center for a year, still go every six weeks to have my port flushed.  I accompanied a friend to this center during her chemo treatment last year, and starting today will go with another friend for chemo for mesothelioma.  It has never bothered me to go, and the nursing staff is so great and I get to catch up and say hello.  There is not a lot of community interaction in the form of hats or quilts being donated - but just across the street is an ACS location adjacent to the NCI center which has a lot of free stuff for patients if they need it, and the staff know to refer folks over there.  I know some centers have folks that bring in lunches or do massages, but my center doesn't.

Beach bum, ditto. I loved the collection of books, magazines and bc info at my center. I also loved the small gifts that were given to patients by the nurses.

My chemo room is nice and bright. There is a kitchen area that has soups, snacks, and drinks. The nurses here have been fantastic! I'm here today so I'll post a picture. Each chair has their own TV and a spot for a visitor to sit.