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Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 188 Likes: 1 | On the subject of spicy food. I'm six years out from treatment, and still limited in the heat I can handle. I continue to make improvements, but my semi-famous two alarm chili is still out of the question.
Now, I don't know if she's full of crap or not, but I had a nurse in the EENT clinic tell me that the lack of saliva is what limits me. She said that my mouth's normal response to spicy food was to salivate and flush it out. Without the saliva to flush the hot sauce out, it just sits there and burns.
It made sense to me at the time...
And my tolerance for heat has improved with my saliva. Could just be that both are improving at the same time and are unrelated, but I don't think so.
Any thoughts on this theory? Or was she full of crap and just trying to shut me up?
Good Health,
Chuck
SCC Stage IV right tonsil T3N3M0. Dx 08/03. Clinical Trial:8 weeks Taxol, Carboplatin then Hydrea, 5FU, IMRT x's 48, SND, Iressa x 2yrs. Now 20 years out and thriving. Dealing with a Prostate cancer diagnosis now. Add a Bladder cancer diagnosis to all the fun.
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