The chemo left such a strong metallic taste in my mouth I can't be sure that it was the radiation. My body smelled like a toxic waste dump for several weeks after my last infusion. The stuff literally oozed out of pores. If you are on Cisplatin it has to be flushed out with lots of water. It can damage your kidneys if you are not careful.

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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)