Holly, I hope by the time you read this that you are doing much better with your chemo. I had my first chemo on 4/16 with no after effects. On 4/17, however, I was in for a six hour session which involved 3 different durgs, one of them being Cisplatin (sp?) and although things went well that evening, the next day I was so sick. I was given Prochlorper and Lorazepam but still everything I ate or drank came back up very quickly. When the doctor called late that day to check on my he wasn't happy cause he wanted me to drink lots and flush those kidneys....he suggested that I take the Prochlorper and put a tablet of the Lorazepam in my cheek right behind it....and that seemed to help. The nurses had not shared that secret with me. I think much of my problem has to do with the fact that I suffer from motion sickness and even those patches they prescribe don't seem to help me. Therefore, the doctor has written me prescriptions for some new meds if the Cisplatin continues to make me so sick. They are: Emend and Dexamethasone.
I was suppose to do chemo this last Monday but my white cell count was down and so I had to return on Weds. The session went fine and I had little side effects until late that night I realized how tender my scalp was....I mean very tender. It was then that I noticed how I had more hair on my clothing than normal and so went to the shower to contain it....decided to wash it and as I ran my fingers gently through it, clumps of it fell out onto the shower floor. I decided to see how much was ready to fall out and about 75% of it left me. I don't consider myself a vain person, but losing my hair was very tough on me. I was told I would lose it but was hoping I would be one that didn't. Anyway, the remaining hair looked so bad that I decided to go in the next day and get the rest shaved off. I was surprised to learn that after iall the hair was gone, the tenderness in my scalp was gone. Now, I am still learning to adjust to my new look but my spouse loves it (he has been bald for years), and my inlaws think I look younger, so I guess there is a bright side to this. I'm sharing this with you just in case you have to go through this experience as well. I was fortunate in that a friend who lives nearby (an ovarian cancer warrior) brought me over some scarves a couple of weeks ago and I was able to go to a salon that provides free wigs for cancer patients. Enough said on this subect. Hope to hear you are doing much better. Take care.