Keep battling Bill - you'll beat it and look back to admire the courage and fight you excerpted.   I'm just ending my second tour of chemo radiation, with a neck dissection thrown in for good measure - you can't give in to the evil bastard that is cancer.   This time around I've been keeping a weekly vlog, thankfully my second tour is lower down and much easier to endure - here's the latest episode of my vlog - https://youtu.be/lg0CQV1RhqQ   Cheers Shane ... View more

Hi there I'm going through my second round of Cisplatin chemo, and unfortunately nausea is part of the territory.  My first round was three "mega" doses over 7 weeks, this time they've elected to go a little easier with the same total amount spread into 7 weekly doses. I've included some chemo survival tips in a weekly update vlog I put on YouTube a couple of weeks ago, there maybe something there to help.... https://youtu.be/VYO3WED25c4   Regards Shane ... View more

Hi Freelancer - Yes I ended up with tinnitus during my first round of Cisplatin chemotherapy, and eventually it dropped away to about 50% of an issue but never disappeared.  I had three "mega" doses in that treatment round. I am just wrapping up a second round of Cisplatin treatment, but given my previous loading I had seven weekly doses (but still to the same total amount).  The tinnitus has returned to about the same as it was at and will hopefully subside again. I find it most of a problem in public spaces with hard surfaces, where the white noise makes a conversation hard, one of our cars is worse than the other, and things like the kitchen range hood really get me buzzing. I investigated some of the "cures" out there but haven't pursued any - some swear by acupuncture... ... View more

Hi all - my latest check in vlog tracking my latest round of chemo-radiation is up now, with a few tips to get through this cursed treatment regime.  Thankfully my second round is much kinder than the first, as the radiation is targeted lower and not impacting my mouth and throat as much.  You can find it at https://youtu.be/ZH1TeGQinmo Cheers Shane ... View more

Hi Bill Ask for Fluconazole - its a capsule that will shift oral thrush really effectively.  When it struck me they tried me on a Nilstat suspension but it couldn't shift it, plus its in a sugar syrup which is no good for radiation effected teeth.  The Fluzonazole capsules are systemic and do the job really well. Cheers Shane ... View more

Hi Kate The post was just sitting in editor mode saying it contained a link, I had a couple of others sitting there as well (below) but oddly today they went through once I opened and hit POST, must be due to the changes you made - thank you.  I'll be posting another update soon and will let you know how I go. Regards Shane ... View more