Charles,

For many the few weeks post Tx are the worst part of "treatment" and from the sound of it with you being 1 1/2 weeks post you are actually doing great, relatively speaking of course! lol

The "wet mouth" you are experiencing now will unfortunately give way to "dry mouth" and depending upon the damage you experienced during radiation you will slowly recover over the next few years. I recovered to appx 90+% and it took me 2 years to get there and it hasn't changed since then and I'm coming up on 4 years. This wet phase doesn't last long, few weeks or so, so I just grinned and bared it. I walked around with a small styro cup in my pocket and spit in it constantly. I would often wake up and barely make it to the bathroom to spit up the mass that had accumulated in my mouth, and often times this would trigger a gag reflex and I would throw up just for good measure. Uck times 10.