Cisplatin x 3 here. Tinnitus got worse. No n & v that I can directly attribute to the cisplatin. Chemo was what I most feared going in and it was pretty anticlimatic. I was given the choice (cisplatin or Erbitux) and was told the "book" says cisplatin kills it every time. By "the book" I think he meant conventional wisdom and by every time I think he meant it was very successful. For me, he was right.


Dx March 2011 via FNA (49 yrs old)
SCC BoT
HPV+ exact strain unknown
Stage IVa T3N2cM0
Cisplatin x 3, IMRT x 40 (7267 cGy)
One node removed post-treatment (rad dmg)
Clean PET 10/28/11
Swallow therapy