I am so sorry to hear about your situation. I did chemo twice. First was induction TPF chemotherapy (Taxotere, cisPlatin, and 5-Fu
3 week interval and 3 cycles over 9 weeks.

Second time was during chemo-radiation therapy. Weekly over 7 weeks.

Here is some if not the full list of drugs administered to control the nausea and vomit issues.

emend - IV during chemo infusion
decadron - dexamethasone
compazine - prochlorperazine
Reglan - metoclopramide
Zofran - ondanastron

Rather than have the cisplation three times during chemorads I had weekly carboplatin for all 7 weeks of rads.

I guess I am lucky as I never had any nausea or vomit issues over the course of both chemos.

I did get my butt kicked in TPF though. Two of 3 rounds knocked me down for the first week, just true exhaustion. Third round was not pleasant either.

The weekly carbo did not affect me at all during rads. All the problems were related to rads but I guess the mucositis was creating the mouth and tongue ulcers and sores.

The MO felt going to carbo in lower dosage weekly would be kinder and gentler than the 3 bag cisplatin.

You can check out my blog where I listed events pretty much every day as things went along.

good luck, don

Last edited by donfoo; 09-11-2013 09:50 AM.

Don
Male, 57 - Great health except C
Dec '12
DX: BOT SCC T2N2bMx, Stage 4a, HPV+, multiple nodes
1 tooth out
Jan '13
2nd tooth out
Tumor Board -induction TPF (3 cycles), seq CRT
4-6/2013
CRT 70gr 2x35, weekly carbo150
ended 5/29,6/4
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