 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Steve,
You are doing fine. Your saliva now doesn't contain the same ingredients as it did pre Tx and that affects everything about how you eat. It should improve over the next 2 years so just be extra diligent about keeping your choppers clean. I don't (never did) use the Water Pik but I do try and rinse my mouth out and floss after every meal. I find that the longer food stuff stays in my mouth I continue to produce thick saliva so rinsing also stops that as well.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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