Hi Ralph: I suppose looking at that ridiculous white blob could strike one's funny bone. I am glad you laughed at it.
Northstar gave Kathleen a good site to go to to look up chmo drugs and what they do. I used it myself.
http://www.chemocare.com/
You can navigate to the section on chemotherapy drugs and type in the drug name in the search box and click on search. It will take you right to the drug.
It is too bad your surgery did not go more smoothly, but it sounds like you have a good plan now.
Paclitaxel is another name for taxol. Taxol/carboplatin is a standard chemo cocktail. Most people loose some hair, get numbness at the extremities, and have fatigue. The nausea is managed pretty well with anti nausea meds. Check out the web page. I would say with the chemo/ radiation and then chemo follow up, the docs are being aggressive and that is good.
Don M