Thanks for the warning David. I'm not sure what he's having for chemo yet. They haven't told us but we will find out this time next week. Even though Steve doesn't get on this site he does listen to everything I tell him I've learnt from you guys. So I've passed on your warning about the ringing ears. Is hair loss associated with Cisplatin? The reason I ask this is that Steve has alot of hair and I think we should cut it really short before we start chemo but he doesn't want to. He's never really cared about his appearance (hence the long hair) but I'm really worried the actual event of losing his hair may upset him when/if the time comes. I've read some chemo's don't result in hair loss but wouldn't have a clue which ones. Also, what should we do about beards and radiation? The doctor said the hair will go but should he shave before having radiation. I was thinking maybe a couple of days before. He currently has a full beard.