Scott, I was begun on cisplatin, but developed hearing issues and was quickly switched to carboplatin. My hearing is fine, and with the switch to carboplatin, I no longer had to measure urine output, which was a nuisance. I received the carboplatin/taxol mix, which left me temporarily bald, but as a T4N2M0 patient 4 years ago, I think it worked very well. The only other side effect was what is called "chemo brain" which basically means fuzzy, slow thinking for a few weeks. The upside of that is when it goes away, the patient feels really smart (grin).