 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | Hi there... For me cisplatin was a non issue. I was mildly nauseated by it - that's it.
Hairloss is caused by rads usually NOT cis.
I lost ALL my hair from the top of my ears down thanks to rads, and it thinned out all over the left side where I was receiving the bulk of rads. (I had bilateral radiation to my neck and my mouth and tongue was hit from the left side.
Cis can damage ears so a hearing test is important.
And it is very hard on the kidneys. my hospital got around that by keeping me in over night on infusion days. They ran an IV for 24 hours and I lived in the bathroom for the whole time. ;o)
drink drink drink...
hugs.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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