Assistant Admin Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | Cisplatin is known to cause problems with hearing in some patients. When John had his chemo, he was first sent to Toronto General for a hearing test, which I think was the baseline. Then a year after treatment he had another hearing test and there was significant loss. Please monitor the ringing in your ears. As well, let the team know if you feel any tingling in your finger tips. That may be a sign of neuropathy. John did not get his third bag of Cisplatin because he had developed deep vein thrombosis at that point and he was in very poor shape. All my very best.
Gloria She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016. |