Hi All
im looking for some advice and guidance. My parter has been diagnosed with Testicular Cancer and is due to start treatment with Carboplatin. He has had his testicle removed and after his CT scan it showed that it had gone up into his lymph’s in his pelvis and higher up . He was then sent for contrast CT which showed that the lymph’s in his pelvis and higher (unsure were, but the doctor kept rubbing above her belly button and middle of her lower rib cage, if that makes sense) had resolved itself BUT they found something ‘suspicious’ in his lower lungs. They then weren’t sure weather his cancer had become metastatic. To cut a long story short, he had a blood test which revealed that his tumour markers were decreasing so decided to do 1 cycle of carboplatin and keep an eye on his lungs etc rather than giving BEP as a treatment.
My question is, has anyone had just the one cycle of carboplatin? And what side effects they experienced? We have 2 children 4 and 10months and id like to prepare myself for what’s going to happen so I can explain to them (the inquisitive 4 year old more so)
Will he lose his hair? When in the cycle will he be poorly and how poorly will he be?
I know everyone experiences different side effects but it would be nice to hear other people experiences.
Thankyou in advance to anyone that replies, it’s really appreciated
Rebecca ️
