Hi Angel,

I had weekly cisplatin during my treatment and yes, I had trouble for the first couple of weeks with nausea. It generally hit about the second or third day and although I didn't vomit it made eating tough. After the third week, I got a different combination of anti-nausea drugs and I didn't have any further trouble with it. The other significant side effect for me was a terrible metallic taste in my mouth that made food taste really terrible. One way to combat that was to use plastic utensils but like the nausea, it did impact my ability to eat normally.

As far as hair loss, cisplatin shouldn't cause hair loss - it works differently than the drugs that do cause hair loss. That said, like Jeff, I lost hair at the back of my neck from the radiation and I also experienced some thinning overall. Not really noticeable to most people, but I notice it. I don't think anything has grown back yet, but its only been a couple of months.

- Margaret