Hi Jayne,

So you had many small doses of Cisplatin? I heard that lessens the side effect compared to a few big doses. Do you know the doses you receive each time and how many did you get in total? It is good to know that you didn't have kidney damage, that's my biggest concern.

Joseph 59 male
pain in tongue strt 2/10/12, Dx SCC 3/19/12, confirmed Stg IV 4/5/12,
Total Glsctmy & recon w/ flap from L thigh, neck disct, trach 4/27/12
G-Tube 5/1/12
55 nodes all clear
completed 2 chemo 33 rad
non-smoker, non-drinker, exercise daily, mostly vegetarian diet...go figure