Michael --

What are they giving you as the pre-chemo IV anti-nausea drug? It simply may not work well with you (everyone's different). They must have some other options up their sleeves -- and you may want to ask about acupuncture. Ativan made Barry spacy and woozy (even taking just 1/2 tab) which didn't help his nausea at all so he's stopped it.

What are you doing to protect your mouth and skin from radiation damage? Or have you felt well enough to even think about doing anything? Barry's swishing with cold 100% aloe in mouth immediately afterwards -- if you do that don't swallow it if you are nauseous -- and then applying aloe or radiacare gel to skin, followed by Biafine. So far so good but it is only 6 days so a l-o-o-o-n-g way to go...

Gail