You have a very good chance of actually being cured considering the cancer was not in your lymph nodes! In my research, I've found cases of cured patients with this cancer and also long-term survivors. They are always learning about how to better treat it.
You will probably be getting etoposide along with the cisplatin. You might have a little nausea and vomiting, but they have lots of medicines to control those symptoms. Zofran and Emend are two you should ask your doctor about. You will probably be quite tired (either from the meds or chemo, or both). The only long term side effect from the treatment that I've had is neuropathy--pain and numbness in the legs, feet and hands, and this is caused by cisplatin. But not every one gets this side effect, but if you are worried about it, you could ask your doctor to maybe think about using Carboplatin, which has shown to be just as effective as Cisplatin, but is much less likely to cause neuropathy.
Do you know what your chemo schedule is yet? How many days and how many cycles?
Also, may I ask how old you are? In my research, I've seen that most of the people who get this type of cervical cancer tend to be quite young--20's and 30's.
Thanks for praying for me, and I will post the results of my scans when I get them
Meredith