Let me jump into the fray here. We are in the midst of establishing a treatment plan and this hearing issue hits very close to home. Bill has a significant hearing loss in his right ear since some unknown factor (possibly a vascular incident)in late 1999 left him with short term incapactating vertigo (that resolved within a week) and longterm hearing loss. After consults with all our docs (primary, ENT, RO, DO) we have decided to go ahead with weekly Cisplatin treatments as we feel the need to hit this thing with all we can and worry about the hearing later. Bill has decided that dealing with a hearing loss (by the way, he has no sight in his left eye from an industrial accident 30 years ago...he passed FAA flight exam for pilots license with all of this!) is by far better than the specter of this cancer returning.

We are, of course, worried but have decided that when we come to the end of this process (no matter the outcome) that we did everything we could to have a good outcome. No regrets hopefully.

Deb