In regards to rate - my two cents - as mentioned above - its really important - when I was having my first five rounds in the hospital (as a day patient) one of the nurses stepped the rate up without my realizing it from 4 1/2 hours to 3 hours - I became disoriented and didnt even realize what was going on - went home - slept a couple of hours - then woke up gasping for breath with chest pain - immediately called the doc who said without asking any questions - how long was the infusion - then said - DONT ever let them do that again - you're having side affects - luckily I didnt have to go back to hospital but was very careful from that point on...

Home nurses do tend to try to speed up the infusions too - BUT I watched them like hawks -learned the hard way - it does make a diff - might not during the infusion but the next few days, as Dahlek said - could be real bad - not to mention serious side affects that might toss one in the hospital...