A fellow Las Vegan! Nice to meet you. Have you seen your doc about this? I'm sure that he or she could answer your question about thrush. When I was about 30-45 days post tx, I had mouth/tongue pain that was excruciating. I told my docs that it was "like having a mouth full of bees". I was given viscous lidocaine to use until it passed. It was a pain to keep using it every few hours and it tasted kinda yukky, but it did help me through that period. Might be worth asking about.