Thanks for all the good advice.

I am using dental shields, but I will try the gauze too -- can't hurt to have both.

My doc just emailed me back that the "blisters" may be a response to the 5-FU chemo I'm also on.

He wants me to continue the diflucan for a total of 14 days for the thrush, but he's lowering the dosage from 150/mg to 100/mg per day. And he's adding a prescription for the "Magic Mouthwash" rinse. And he also said that a lip balm with aloe vera would help ease the pain of the blisters.

Reading on the OCF dental pages made me think this was mucositis...but I don't know if there's anything more I can do beyond the diflucan, the Magic Mouthwash, and the lip balm...and pain meds.

Right now I'm feeling very discouraged that this has hit me so early in my treament. I've read about others who've suffered from this but it seemed that it azrrived in the 3rd or 4th week. It's very upsetting....