First rads and chemo yesterday. Today was day 2 of rads; 30 more to go!

Yesterday was my first day of treatment. Just as it happened on the simulation day, I kept thinking how much tighter the mask felt, compared to how it felt the day they made it! I managed to get through with a prescription for Ativan and Pandora playing in the background. Today was my second rads. 2 down, 30 to go!

Yesterday I had my first chemo. 1 down, 5 more to go!  I left there after 4.5 hours, loaded with anti-nausea meds: Zofran, Decadron, and Compazine. I was told to start the pills this morning and I take the first 2 of them 3 times per day, and the Compazine only if I need more help in between the other meds. Starting about 26 hours after the start of chemo yesterday, I feel a bit queasy. I remember feeling somewhat like this when I was pregnant. I was queasy, but not nauseated enough to throw up. All day, every day (for me). Today, since I was between doses of Zofran and Decadron when I first realized I wasn't feeling quite well, I took a Compazine.  All I could think of was, "How can this be?" It's only my first chemo. It's 40 mg. of Cisplatin that I will get once per week for 6 weeks. Is this what I will feel every week, or will it get worse? Any guesses?

I know that the fun stuff really begins in a couple of weeks, when the rads side effects kick into gear, assisted by the weekly chemo.  I am just wondering about the queasiness/nausea for now.