Having dodged the bullet, I must chime in here about a rare side effect of Cisplatin -- total hearing loss. After my first treatment, I had an extreme change in hearing. When I showed up for the third round, the doc, fortunately, knew that for less than 1% of people, this stuff can cause total deafness. Got switched to Carboplatin and Taxol. I did not get sick with any of them, but the Taxol did cause me to lose head hair, but not body hair. A benefit was that my hair grew back thicker than before. Had infusions as an outpatient, and went to rad after. My white count suffered greatly, which slowed me down for a couple of weeks, but other than that no problems and I would do it again in a New York minute. That was two years ago, so thus far, it was a good decision. I think you are very wise to consider it.