Marlene
On the way to my ultimate dx of breast cancer with mets to bones, multiple myeloma was considered. However, your mention of a drip for bone strengthening. After radiation and chemo I am now stable but receive a bone strengthening treatment every four weeks. When this first began it was indeed a four hour drip until one of the leading cancer treatment centers (Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto) began using a newer method of delivering the same treatment and it is much easier to take. (my oncologist is right top of proven new methods.) The fluid, paditranate (sp) for APD for short, is contained in what looks like a balloon in a plastic bottle that looks like a baby's milk bottle. I attend the cancer clinic every four weeks, visit the lab for blood work, see the oncologist and then on to the treatment room. When my "stuff" arrives from the lab a nurse starts the treatment by inserting the needle, which is then removed, leaving a small plastic tube to deliver the APD. I then am free to leave and am able to remove it myself in about three hours. Obviously, I have been shown how to do this. This method sure beats the four hours at the hospital for the previous IV delivery. I am wondering if this might be the same treatment you will be using? If not, good luck in the treatment you are receiving. I know it's a drag but consider the alternative :-)