 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Wendy,
I had 3 rounds of Cisplatin (I don't remember you saying what he will get but Cisplatin is pretty standard) and watch out for what they call "ringing in the ears" or if I were you tell him that if he notices ANYTHING funny in his ears tell his chemo doc straight away!! I ended up with permanent high frequency hearing loss because perhaps I didn't recognize this "ringing in the ears" soon enough.
My first chemo was pretty much a non event. Second round caused a lot of nausea but it was also after 15 rads so who knows. The third round was horrible re the nausea but I had also had all my rads so who knows again?
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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