 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Most of us here used prescription creams from the radiation oncologist. For me aquaphor didnt work so well. Beta-Val cream worked the best. Make sure not to have creams or lotions on your husband prior to radiation. I would plaster it on in the car on the way home for treatments. Surprisingly I have no scars at all, even though at the worst my neck was pretty bad.
Never heard of the aloe vera juice. Most people here stick pretty much to the Biotene products. They dont burn your mouth and they have everything from dry mouth spray, to toothpaste and gels.
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  | 
