This is my first post. My mom had her first chemo treatment last week. She had chemo monday and tuesday at the hospital and had to wear a pump monday thru friday. Side effects hit her thursday. Nausea, vomiting (some "violent") and mouth sores on saturday. She says she hasn't sleep since the saturday before her first treatment.

My questions are:

1. Is insomnia common?

2. Are there anti-emetics that work better when cisplatin is used versus other chemos?

3. Will she tend to have the same side effects after the second and third treatments as all the "stuff" builds up in her body and good cells are already destroyed?

She was really positive after dianosis and before chemo began. She's not positive now and she hasn't even started radiation.

Any advice? Thank-you!