 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Don't swallow it, get a suction machine and suction it out. Insurance should pay for it. If not it costs about $500 to buy or $40 a month to rent.
Has he tried to Salagen to help with saliva production? How about that drug in Robitussin that begins with a G (Guianfe??? ) that I can never remember how to spell. I took it in tablet form during radiation along with Salagen and I think it they helped.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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