When I was diagnosed with breast cancer it was less than 30 days from mammogram to chemo - so if you don't have time to make a quilt, a nice soft fleece throw is good too. One will fit in a bag easily and some snacks or room for a sandwich and drink is nice too. My chemo lasted 4-5 hours. The IV does not make you sick - that comes 2 days later - so you do get hungry waiting for it to end. (No one told me about it before so my first IV besides being scary I was hungry and couldn't wait to get home for something to eat.)