Thanks. I am only 4 1/2 weeks out of treatment. It just scares me. It was never there till I started eating and got the bad dry mouth at night. Ty

Dry mouth, lack of saliva, can contribute to oral thrush. Everyone has, needs candida in the body, and just gets out of control when the body can't balance it effectively due to a compromised immune system, radiation, medications, etc. Besides seeing your doctors to properly diagnose, reducing foods that feed thrush, avoiding other irritating things to the mouth, gums, throat, such as hot, spicy, acidic and sharp textured foods may help. For a while even milk irritated my mouth, sugar/lactic acid, so I avoided that.

I too have been drinking milk. They are not white now, its weird. Last week I went through pain med withdrawal. Lost some weight due to sickness. Started to eat saturday. Then these things show up...

Sounds quite normal in recovery...two steps forward, one to back, and the domino effect, but tell your doctors everything. You don't want to fall in any holes in the road to recovery that's difficult to get out of.

Thank you. So these bumps sound normal? Feels like im biting them if I dont be careful. Right now im taking aleve, that is all for pain. I see my doctor a week from now. Should I wait? It feels like its a gland on each side, and then little ones around the 2...ty

I'm not a doctor, and can't say what it is or how things will progress. Doesn't hurt to ask for an earlier appointment for peace of mind, and if I ever thought enough of something it usually needed evaluation from my doctors, and also told then why did you wait lol. Btw, milk feeds thrush too.

Good luck.

Ok, thanks. I have been reading that we have a gland on each side of the cheek. If you can feel them, then they are aggrivated from eating, biting, etc... or they could be blocked. I know my surgeon removed one of my salivory glands. Ty

You have three major salivary glands, parotid, submandibular, and sublingual. There are also hundreds of minor salivary glands in the mouth, and throat. It can be from what you say or one of many other things, even a recurrence, although not likely, but that's why it's important you should tell the doctor, and be evaluated by them instead of trying to figure it out by yourself. I wish I could say its nothing, even if I thought so, but would not. All the best.

Ok thanks again. I will talk to doctor. Thank u.

As Paul points out, any changes should be directed to your medical team at this point in your recovery. Even if you are totally freaked out and beg them to see you immediately, they will accommodate you. I can attest to that. They understand how different all this is and want to make sure there's nothing of concern as well. The good thing is they will explain things to help you calm down if it's nothing to worry about.