Hayley

I too had problems with cisplatin (ringing) starting 2 days after the first infusion. Subsequently it went away. ... and came back after the infusion the following week. Then we switched to carboplatin. It took about a month for the ringing to abate (since I had weekly cisplatin I only had small dosage (30mg/m2))

Carboplating is not ototoxic. In my weekly treatments I had no problem with nausea from it. It does however a number on your white cell count.

M



Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.