dear christineb,

thank you so much for getting back to me! i am having her do the 7-7-7 exercises. :-) i also ordered her the therabite system, just in case... my brother is bringing it over next week. she did start to sound different since a week ago, but she says it's because of her mouth sores... so i had her open her mouth, and she can still fit 3 fingers between her teeth. i am watching her closely, recording her speaking every few days, to see if there are drastic changes.

i asked about the magic mouthwash, but no one has heard of it. so i asked my dentist about that spray he uses to numb an area about to be injected with that gum-numbing substance before dental work... he said it's illegal to give it to me, and can't write a prescription. so i went onto amazon.com, and ordered something called "ulcerease". hopefully, it'll work...

but good news! i got her fitted with fluoride trays! i had to fight a war to get this to happen. it took some convincing, and begging, cooperation with my dentist, who is wonderful. he's not cancer experienced, but he did his own research, and is trying to help in any way he can. but soon, we will have to find a real cancer dentist.

thanks again for your advice, and your encouragement. she has 12 more fractions of radiation left! christmas eve is going to be particularly festive this year. :-)

soo.