To our patients. Welcome to the Regional West Health Services. You may have concerns, anxiety, or fear about beginning chemotherapy. Our staff is well-trained, experienced, and will take the time to help you understand your chemotherapy treatment. Please let us know about any questions or concerns you may have so we can provide you with a positive treatment experience. There are many different diseases with many types of treatments, therefore you will see variations in the amount of time you and others will spend in our area. Treatment times range from 15 minutes to six to eight hours. In order to accommodate patients, we schedule according to length of infusion time along with our patient’s unique schedule needs. We will do our best to give you your desired time of appointment but sometimes this can be difficult. In order to help avoid nausea, please eat a light meal prior to arriving for your chemotherapy treatment. Meals are not provided in the chemotherapy room although you may bring lunch, snacks, or make arrangements for lunch to be brought if you are here over the lunch hour. There is a microwave and refrigerator available for you to use. We have coffee, hot tea, juice, crackers, and granola bars available as well. We ask everyone to be courteous toward other patients and visitors, as well as mindful of their right to privacy. Feel free to bring in quiet personal items to help pass the time such as books, magazines, Kindles or other e-readers, knitting, ipads, or ipods (with headphones). Please avoid wearing any fragrances due to the sensitivities of your fellow patients. We ask that children and pregnant women avoid the chemotherapy room in order to reduce any unnecessary exposure. With prior arrangements, a short tour may be arranged for your young or pregnant loved one(s). There is a restroom for visitors and a separate restroom for chemotherapy patients. If you have any questions, please talk to our chemotherapy nurses. We are here to help you have a positive experience during your chemotherapy. A follow-up phone call from a chemotherapy nurse is likely the day after your first chemotherapy treatment. Please provide us with a phone number where you are most likely to be reached.
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