Jerry started chemo today docetaxel and carboplatin once a week for 6 weeks.He has 20 rad tx to go.So far he has lost some taste( he says if its salty he can taste it)and dry mouth.So far he has not burned they gave him radiagel for that.Right now he is bouncing off the walls.Thats from the steroids.He says he feels great!Which I also explaned to him was the steriods.Not to get off subject but my sister in law died in Jan from lung cancer with mets to the brain.She was told 2 days before thanksgiving there was nothing else they could do for her.They had her on high doses of steriods.A week later she informed me that the doctors where full of crap she felt fine and she knew she wasnt dying.Her husband called me and asked how she could feel fine and do the things she was doing if the doctors said she had 2 months at the most.I explained to him it was the steriods they give a false sense of wellness.Steriods leave your system slowly when you have taken it for a while.She crashed a week before Xmas.I really hate steriods.BACK ON TRACK NOW.The chemo did make him sick that was his worst fear.I hope he can tolerate the rest well.For tonight he is driving me nuts.