Hi Christine,

I guess I have seen more posts of yours than from any other on OCF and expected a reply from you. Thank you very much for following up on my post.

1. Yes I have started mouth opening exercises. I discovered it when I was not able to mouth wide enough to keep the mouth bite during radiation. Waiting for Therabite.

2. On the cleaning front, yes I am rinsing with baking soda + salt water solution. That kind of eases the sticky / greasy mouth.

3. Good to know that the mucous will ease shortly. Not sure about the experience of dry mouth though. May God reduce that a bit.

Finally, you are doing a great service to the OCF community.

Thanks
Venkat


- Age 34 at DX 4th June 2011, Non-smoker, Non-alcoholic
- SCC on lateral right border of tongue, T1-N0,
- Surgery done to remove tumor on tongue
- RND to remove 9 lymph nodes, no MET(s)
- 3 weekly cycles of 50 mg cisplation chemo
- IMRT RAD 30 exposures, still 11 more to go