 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I might add that I threw up so much from the Cisplatin that the stomach acid polished my teeth. Unfortunately, I was in the 40% that the anti-emetics don't work on. All of that lost nutrition and fluids had to be replaced but I still ended up in the ER several times for IV rehydration.
Finally I got smart and booked the rehydration in the infusion unit instead - I was in and out in an hour vs. 4 hrs in the ER. Evidently in the ER they have to drip it in slowly because you must be constantly monitored. Then there's the cue time just getting into the ER.
And for you ladies, men often express fear or depression with anger.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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