How far do you drive for your treatments?

MNLynn
MNLynn Member Posts: 224
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I've read quite a few posts where a long drive time to your cancer center is mentioned.

I drive about 1 1/2 hrs to get to my treatments, appts, etc. (and, of course, 1 1/2 hrs. back home) - and it is totally worth it to be at the place that I am at! Plus - it's all country driving, so, actually, very relaxing (unless the roads are icy or something!)

♥ Lynn ♥
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  • laurissa
    laurissa Member Posts: 773
    #2
    I was lucky
    I live only 4 miles from my treatment center.
  • Rague
    Rague Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    #3
    20 - 30 minutes
    Finished both sets of chemo and rads, but it was 20 - 30 mins in decent weather. Started in the late summer, fall and throughout the winter, so depending on the amount of snow/ice it could take longer to get there. Wasn't any real problem getting there as Son bought me a Bronco II to replace my 2X4 GMC Sonoma plus I have a 3/4t Dodge 4X4. (Bronco is a lot more fun to drive most of the time as he flips in and out of parking lots and such but I NEED big Dodge for doing 'horse stuff'.)

    I had to go to Ft. Meade for my Nuelasta shots which is about an hour to an hour 1/4 away in Sturgis (infamous for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally).
  • camsgram
    camsgram Member Posts: 106
    #4
    I only have to drive 5
    I only have to drive 5 minutes!!!! I love it
  • Jean 0609
    Jean 0609 Member Posts: 2,462
    #5
    Depends on traffic and time of day
    Good day ... no traffic .... 35 minutes. However, the longest I think has been 1 hour 20 minutes. Try to schedule treatments outside rush hour, but it seems we hit it either coming or going. Oh well, love my doctor and have the treatments there too. Have a great weekend everyone!
  • TraciInLA
    TraciInLA Member Posts: 1,994 Member
    #6
    camsgram said:

    I only have to drive 5
    I only have to drive 5 minutes!!!! I love it

    Best decision I ever made
    I'm very lucky to live a 10-minute drive from a large hospital (West Hills Hospital, for anyone local) and cluster of medical buildings. After my diagnosis, my OB/GYN first recommended a surgeon about a half-hour away, and some of my friends pushed me to go to UCLA or USC, which would have been up to an hour each way.

    Once I got into chemo, with at least one appointment every single week for months, feeling like crap most of the time, then rads every day, I realized that the best decision I ever made -- for me -- was to keep everything at West Hills. My oncologist, surgeon, and OB/GYN are all in the same building across the street from the hospital, my primary care physician is next door, and the radiation center next door to that.

    I read about so many of you driving an hour or two each way every day for rads, and thought it would be so easy for me -- but even such a short drive every darn day really wore me out by the end.

    Traci
  • Dawne.Hope
    Dawne.Hope Member Posts: 823
    #7
    2.5 hours
    I drive to the city and I live in a rural area. It's interstate all the way, lots of trucks and construction.

    Taking more like 3 hrs this summer b/c of all the traffic and construction. Wouldn't have it any other way, though. Staying where I am for treatment would not be good.
  • m_azingrace
    m_azingrace Member Posts: 399
    #8
    Jean 0609 said:

    Depends on traffic and time of day
    Good day ... no traffic .... 35 minutes. However, the longest I think has been 1 hour 20 minutes. Try to schedule treatments outside rush hour, but it seems we hit it either coming or going. Oh well, love my doctor and have the treatments there too. Have a great weekend everyone!

    1.5 hours
    I'm 70 miles from the facility where I get treatments & doctor visits. Speed limits, traffic, construction, etc...we never can make it in less than 90 minutes one way. Fortunately, our daughter lives in the city, so we usually plan to see her on the same day & hang out with the grandsons. When/if (probably when) I have to have rads, we will make some sort of an arrangement so we don't have to drive back and forth daily. Daughter's home has a bedroom and full bath "just for us", so I know we can stay there.
  • mwallace1325
    mwallace1325 Member Posts: 806
    #9
    m_azingrace said:

    1.5 hours
    I'm 70 miles from the facility where I get treatments & doctor visits. Speed limits, traffic, construction, etc...we never can make it in less than 90 minutes one way. Fortunately, our daughter lives in the city, so we usually plan to see her on the same day & hang out with the grandsons. When/if (probably when) I have to have rads, we will make some sort of an arrangement so we don't have to drive back and forth daily. Daughter's home has a bedroom and full bath "just for us", so I know we can stay there.

    Wow
    Another reason I realize I'm lucky -- about 10 minutes.
  • Katz77
    Katz77 Member Posts: 598
    #10
    I work in the hosp where I
    I work in the hosp where I had my surgery and where the cancer center is. They schudule my Herceptin treatments for after work. So I trip downstairs to get mine. It's nice cause I'm already there. I work in surgery and the cancer center is directly below me. I very lucky. If I do drive it's about 10mins. Katz
  • heidijez
    heidijez Member Posts: 441
    #11
    about an hour
    depending on traffic, it's about an hour from home, but only ten minutes from work. i chose this facility for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the choice of an exceptional surgeon and the proximity to my job
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #12
    heidijez said:

    about an hour
    depending on traffic, it's about an hour from home, but only ten minutes from work. i chose this facility for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the choice of an exceptional surgeon and the proximity to my job

    90 minutes but I am out of
    90 minutes but I am out of treatment now, except for twice a year zometa!
  • ladyg
    ladyg Member Posts: 1,577
    #13
    WOW
    I thought I had a long drive but mine is only 35-40 minutes each way.
  • jk1952
    jk1952 Member Posts: 613
    #14
    ladyg said:

    WOW
    I thought I had a long drive but mine is only 35-40 minutes each way.

    My surgeon and plastic

    My surgeon and plastic surgeon have both moved in the past five years to a facility 5 minutes away, so this was a real blessing after my mastectomy and reconstruction. My other doctors are about 20 - 30 minutes away: the advantages of being in the suburb of a small city.

    Joyce
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #15
    jk1952 said:

    My surgeon and plastic

    My surgeon and plastic surgeon have both moved in the past five years to a facility 5 minutes away, so this was a real blessing after my mastectomy and reconstruction. My other doctors are about 20 - 30 minutes away: the advantages of being in the suburb of a small city.

    Joyce

    My plastic, Onc and Breast Doctors are affliated with
    St. Joseph's Hospital .. within 1 mile from each other. However, I drive about 32 miles door to door. Normally a 45 min to 1 1/2 drive - depending on the time of day .. Aaah - Southern California living.


    Vicki Sam
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #16
    from work
    about 3-4 miles...did treatment on my lunch hour daily...
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #17
    disneyfan2008 said:

    from work
    about 3-4 miles...did treatment on my lunch hour daily...

    Now that is wonderful .. 3-4 miles ... and during your
    lunch hour! Killing 2 birds with 1 stone, sort of! LOL

    •☆.•*´¨`*••♥ Vicki Sam ♥••*´¨`*•.☆•
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #18
    VickiSam said:

    Now that is wonderful .. 3-4 miles ... and during your
    lunch hour! Killing 2 birds with 1 stone, sort of! LOL

    •☆.•*´¨`*••♥ Vicki Sam ♥••*´¨`*•.☆•

    not much choice
    work said just go do what you have to and after 3-4 day said start taking sick days..(which 8 wks x 5 =wipe out my sick time) so cancer center scheduled it on my lunch hour-so not to deplete my sick time saved (just in case something big came up...)
  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
    #19
    Lynn
    My treatments are 3 towns away and it only takes me about 20-25 min to get there.
    Char
  • dee1962
    dee1962 Member Posts: 99
    #20
    cahjah75 said:

    Lynn
    My treatments are 3 towns away and it only takes me about 20-25 min to get there.
    Char

    I travel 45min not too
    I travel 45min not too bad...NYC
  • beetle25
    beetle25 Member Posts: 150 Member
    #21
    dee1962 said:

    I travel 45min not too
    I travel 45min not too bad...NYC

    The cancer treatment center
    The cancer treatment center that I go to is 20-25 minutes from my house

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