 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | As Paul says that crap stays around for a few weeks and when it stops then usually starts the dry mouth phase so just be prepared if it does. For a while I had a bottle of water in EVERY room of my house just in case I forgot to take it with me which I did often. I also learned (the hard way) to keep spare bottles in all cars I might drive in. I left soooo many bottles in stores and of course wouldn't remember until I was out of the stores parking lot so I was left with the choice of returning to get it or driving without water until I got home. The latter always was a bad choice so that's why I started carrying extra bottles.
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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