Side Effects From The Chemo

This may not be a complete list...I've just recently found out that something I'd blamed entirely on medications is probably as much to blame on chemo, so......

Anyways, here are the side effects I'm currently aware of (that have gotten me):

• Hair loss (almost all of it)
• Constantly p*ssed off veins (up to and including phlebitis, fever, etc.)
• Anemia (low red blood cell, or RBC, count)—this results in a number of things, including fatigue, dizzyness, and feeling very cold (even when others are nice and warm).
• Another probable cause of this extreme lack of tolerance for cold is an effect from Cisplatin, which causes "damage to small blood vessels, causing sensitivity to cold temperatures (not to mention damage to the bigger ones—see above re: phlebitis in veins receiving chemo).
• Low WBC count, including being neutropenic for a bit
• Nausea...and lots of it (gets worse with every five-day session)
• Fatigue (sometimes to the point that I can't do much but sleep). This is due to both anemia and the chemo itself (and earlier on, was also the result of the cancer and my difficulty with breathing.
• Peripheral neuropathy (temporary nerve damage from chemo—includes tingling feeling and loss of coordination in fingers, odd tingling in my abdomen and, as of yesterday, thighs, when I bend my head forward toward my chest, and who knows what's next....)
• A sort of mental fog...I'd blamed this entirely on the medications before, but after reading about it, I'm betting that the chemo is at least 50% to blame, if not more. Timing plays a big part in that estimate.
• Very sore mouth (the roof of my mouth, to be exact—this makes it very difficult to chew anything). This seems to have been cured by using lots of habanero sauce (we've been eating a lot of eggs/toast and beef stew lately, all of which are perfect candidates for habanero sauce or, in the case of the toast, habanero jelly).

Other side effects I have to look forward to (may be from chemo, the cancer itself, or [insert giant question mark—research continues] include having about twice the risk of developing other cancers later than other men do (source: American Cancer Society document). Nice, huh?