Hi Sue
I had trouble with my veins when it came to my 4th chemo I had 6 treatments every 3 weeks. On my 4th one I was quite dehydrated as had to wait to see the specialist before the treament and they had 7 goes (I insisted) and then went home without chemo, drank gallons of water and they got the vein first time (by an Xray specialist) the next day. However did have a PICC line put in for my last 2 treatments and although I didn't want it I realised it was actually a god send they also did my blood tests from it. One of the oncology nurses said it would help me in the future if I needed cannulating as obviously my veins have been "damaged" by the chemo and would preserve the ones I had left.. So with you needing to have weekly chemo in the future don't be surprised if they discuss putting a line in. It was done in Xray under a local and I didn't feel anything.
I had different drugs to you so can't help on the drug question but am sure some one can!
Good luck with every thing
Sarah x
