Trev,

As you can see I had 3 rounds of Cis 3 weeks apart and like some, the combination of the chemo and rad produced an uncontrollable nausea. The nausea can lead to dehydration, then constipation and certainly weight loss and general weakness.

You may have some slight thinning of your hair due to Cis but loosing the hair on the back of your neck comes from the radiation exiting your body. That hair will return but you will probably never have to shave again below your chin as the rad will kill all those hair cells permanently.

The main thing to watch for with Cis is the ringing in the ears which is cell damage. I did not recognize the ringing soon enough and I have permanent high frequency hearing loss in both ears and still experience occasional ringing.

Remembering that each patient can react differtly to the same combination of Tx alternatives, you still will do yourself a tremendous favor by drinking at least 48ozs of water and 2000 calories of "food" each and every day. Believe me I know first hand that goal can be hard to attain but do your best to reach it and you will avoid many of the nasty side effects I mentioned above.