[quote=OzMojo]Cisplatin redefined the word nausea for 9 days each dose. It doesn't cause hair loss. It can and did cause severe tinnitus, which stopped me getting the 3rd dose. Others around me had similar experiences with nausea, some worse than others. I think it depends on how well you react to the anti-nausea drugs as to how bad it gets. Cisplatin can cause permanent hearing loss too. I have no experience with Erbitux, it wasn't offered as an option for me.[/quote]

ouch 9 days of Nausea! I am worried about the tinnitus and the hearing loss. Which nausea medicine did you take?

22 YO Brother Dx 6/17/14 w. SCC R Lateral tongue
CT scan clear LN 6/20/14
HPV-, non-smoker
R tongue, right hemiglossectomy Surgery 6/24/14
(Not reoccurrence but went to NCCC instead
R neck dissection, tracheostomy, radial free flap, R tongue dissection surg 8/11/14
PT1N2B.3 positive lymph nodes out of 13
Extranodal extension present
9-15-14 IMRT (35x) & Cisplatin (2x) begun
10-21-14 peg in. 10-31-14 1 round of carboplatin
11-4-14 IMRT rx comp
3-27-15 Recurrent tumor in lymph node, L neck diss.
10-29-15 brother passed away, 23 yrs old