Nice to hear from you so soon. It sounds like your persistence with the insurance company is starting to pay off. Stay the course. On your questions---the side effects are described as mostly "flu like". Nausea; stomach irritation; diarrea; mouth sores; change of taste and fatigue. I felt that all were tolerable and there are medications that can help with most. Not all patients have all of the side effects but fatigue seems to be one of the more common ones. I had it for all six treatments and learned some "tricks" that allowed me to handle it pretty well. I did work thoughout all of my treatments but I did set aside some "quiet" time each day to help with the fatigue. For example, when warm enough I would sit in my car over lunch and just rest my mind---this seemed to really help. I also have a saint for a wife and it sounds like you are very supportive as well. When I felt like resting, my wife understood. Not long naps but just relatively short rest periods. I'm probably forgetting some of the side effects and have not shared the details of some of the "tricks" we learned along the way. When your husband gets on Sutent and has some side effects we can talk more about specifics. Good luck with the bone scan results and please stay in touch.