hi stephany - i'm replying to your question about the stomach pain. first of all, my husband had cisplatin and gemcitabine (gemzar). yours is having carboplatin and gemzar. i don't know what carboplatin is. are you sure it's not cisplatin? that's pretty standard. anyway, my husband's blood work was pretty good until the day of his last (9th) treatment. now he's very anemic, so they gave him a shot of aranesp (?). i think that's the name of the drug. it's similar to procrit, and it stimulates the bone marrow to produce more red and white blood cells. i think he had some dizziness, and he certainly had fatigue, especially the cisplatin weeks. the fatigue is cumulative throughout the treatment. he pushed through all the weeks, but the cisplatin weeks were bad. 4 bad days the first cycle, 8 bad days the second cycle, and about 10 bad days the 3rd cycle.
i know it's hard to believe, and my husband at times just wanted to cry, but the pain does go away. i hope knowing that will help your husband get through it. i spoke to one person who had his RC, then chemo afterwards, and he said that the chemo was worse than the surgery. if you want more info, let me know and i will get my husband on the computer.
we're thinking of you. eileen