I remember the feeling! What our poor mouths have been through! I think my mouth really started making progress as week 2 moved into 3 and then even better by week 4!

You are doing so well! Congrats on making it through and working so hard on your recovery! Hope things went well with the trainer - regaining physical fitness was a bigger challenge for me that almost anything else. It takes time and patience was hard to find! Be easy on yourself!

Definitely better to breathe through your nose - the mouth can heal better when it's moist - dry mouth creates an unbalanced and abnormal environment!

Keep doing what you're doing Laz!


Jennifer (39)
02/10 SCCa Tongue & Base, HPV-
03/10 Partial Glossectomy & ND 11/10 Revision due to additional nodes 12/20-2/2/11 IMRT & concommitant chemo 2/11 PEG in 3/11 PEG out
Back at work and feeling good 03/24/11!
12/20/11 - 9 month f/u PET/CT - all clear!