 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | It's cisplatin, it's very hard on the kidneys that's why they keep you in overnight, this way they pump you full of fluids, and keep you jogging off to the bathroom all night. They'll test your hearing and send you to the dental oncologist at PMH... Have you met your medical oncologist yet?
Chemo for me wasn't too bad... Some people have a brutal time of it.
Good luck.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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