Joleen, I got a version of that miracle wash from my ENT and from my medical oncologist I got something called "Carafate" that is used more commonly for stomach ulcers that I can either swab on specific cores with a qtip or rinse my entire mouth with--its soemthing that coats and reduces pain temporarily. I am using both of these--and rinsing with baking soda and water about every hour too.

I just finished week two of raidatoin and am having problems with sores already(but I'm having concurrent chemo which can aggravate things--what about you?)


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"