Lynn, like you, I rarely take medication. I haven't had cisplatin but had a nasty cocktail of chemo drugs with similar side effects. A combination of Ativan, Zofran, and Compazine is what it took for me. I was hospitalized so the nurses kept track of the times I could have each - I just had to tell them when I had the first hint of queasiness (constantly on many days). My recall is hazy but I think it ranged 3-6 hours, alternating. The Ativan might've been every 6-12 hours. Anyway, the three seemed to work synergistically to accomplish what they couldn't do singly. Ask how they can be combined. Don't make yourself vomit! It will only make things worse with non-stop dry heaves and you need all the nutrition you can get.

You can get through this, horrible as it is now. I feel for you.

Karen

I had at least 3 drugs given to me to help with nausea, etc after my cisplatin. Gawd I felt horrible, partly due to the drugs. One of the drugs had the effect of turning me into a perpetual motion machine. Once I stopped that drug (can't remember which it was) I felt MUCH better.

Then we discovered that chemo was dropping my blood pressure - big time. I was dizzy all the time and at one point passed out when I got up in the middle of the night to go to the washroom. When I fainted I hit my head on the corner of the bathroom vanity. I had black eyes, and then looked AND felt like an accident survivor for the rest of my treatments!! Once we elimiated my bp medication, I again felt better. Be aware of these meds.

The anti nausea ones are great - but sometimes the side effects make make the experience even worse.

I also did not get the 3rd bag of cisplatin, and I am still here almost 5 years later. (knock on wood!)

You will get through this. It is a slow horrid process, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And no, that light isn't a train!

Donna