I'm currently on the Cisplatin treatment. For me, I've only had two out of the seven treatments, which is a once a week thing for me. It's not a curative thing, but sort of a cancer wash that helps the radiation therapy attack the cancer cells. Or at least that's the way it's been explained to me. So I'm getting like a 20% dose of the stuff once a week.

As for how I'm taking it.... I'm usually in the chemo infusion ward for four to five hours prior to radiation. Sometimes I mess around on the computer, my laptop. Both times so far, I just curl up in the chair and take a nap.

Only bad side effect has been days after chemo... three days, when I had a nausea episode on the weekend. From now on I just make sure to take my compazine tablets so I don't tempt the fates.

Good luck to you.

Jen