Thanks everybody. Hm, I had my OC look at my tongue when it first became dramatically coated and he did not think it was thrush. It's only on the surface of my tongue; nowhere else in my mouth, and doesn't seem to be progressing in any way. I have some canadian antifungal lozenges called Dequadin (sp?) that I think I'll try. But, I think it's just a badly coated tongue?

My dentist sold me a large bottle of xylitol-sweetened mints (xylitol doesn't promote cavities), and these have turned out to be fantastic, helping wet my mouth and throat while I'm out and about. But yes, travelling with a water bottle has become part of life.

-Seth

47 yr old male non-smoker, social drinker, fit. Jan'10, Stg3 rt tonsil+rt neck SCC, HPV+, rad+chmo Vancouver Cda. 2yr clear Apr'12 London UK. Apr'13 mets recur to lymph btw left lung & aorta, 3x Cisplatin+5FUchemo+20 rad, was all clear but 6-mo PET-CT shows mets to pleura around left lung, participating in St 1 trial of GDC-0980. GDC lost effect and ended July'14, bad atrial fibrillation requiring hospitalisation, start more standard chemo 10 Sep 2014.
Sadly has passed away, notified Jan 2015.