 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Margaret,
It will get more difficult as you proceed through treatment to stay on top of hydration. I kept a log. I had to be rehydrated in the hospital twice - once in the ER and the second time in the infusion unit -MUCH better in the infusion unit. In and out in a 1/2 hour. ER was a 4 hour hour nightmare.
Cisplatin AKA Platinol is made from platinum so I am not surprised about the metallic taste.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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