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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Len welcome to OCF. Even though I have had SCC instead of your type of oral cancer, I can still help you. Your treatment will be the same radiation as what I went thru. Im happy to see you read the Getting Thru It Project. That is one of the most important things on this entire forum that you could read. It is a great way to prepare for what you will be facing soon. Do your best to eat everything you can now. Your sense of taste will be changing for a few months.
Magic mouthwash has several variations, its presciption medication not over the counter. The brand Caphosol is not magic mouthwash! The type my doc prescribed to me was made of malox, benedryl and lidocaine. To use the magic mouthwash you swish it in your mouth for about 20 seconds and then spit it out. This will numb your mouth for about 15 minutes, long enough to enable you to eat with a sore mouth.
Best wishes to you as you prepare to begin treatments.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
