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Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | [quote=Charm2017]All I can say is that it does get better with time. Also learning to sip water/swish it out in a forceful spit helped. If Gordon can gargle, that's a big help. finally, an index finger wrapped in a tissue swabbed around the mouth is my old reliable, physically removing the sticky mucous. Good luck. Charm [/quote] See if you can get the nurse to give you a sack of the little green sponges on sticks; which rinse out quickly by being squeezed under running water. http://www.amazon.com/Dentips-Disposable-Oral-Swabs-Individually/dp/B000TVM3ZU
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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