 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Have you asked for the fentayl patch yet? It takes about 24 hrs for it to kick in. The medicine is so much stronger than what you are taking. You would only need to change the patch every 3 days and occassionally take some extra pain meds when it got bad.
Try drinking chocolate milk or yoohoo. I drank yoohoo the whole time my mouth was sore, it was soothing and had some vitamins in it plus much needed calories.
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  | 
