Hi, Bobbie. I'm new here, but I saw your post and wanted to suggest something that might help your dry mouth problem if you are still having trouble. My husband had 33 radiation treatments to his right neck/jaw a year ago for a squamous cell carcinoma in his mouth, and he suffered terrible side-effects of the radiation--dry mouth, sores, thrush, even bland foods burned his mouth. Finally, after we discovered the cancer was back, a new doc told my husband it was very important to get his pain and discomfort under control before starting treatments (chemo) and preparing for surgery to remove hard palate and tonsil cancer. He gave my husband a saltwater spray called Salivart. It is better than those Salagen pills which merely gave him hot sweats. You can ask your pharmacist to order it or I can send you the website if you want to order it yourself. You just squirt it in your mouth any time you need to and you feel instant relief. It's about 12 dollars a can but it lasts a while and is a handy size.

And since my husband still had some lingering oral thrush from radiation several months previous (we did not realize that he could have a yeast infection for so long after radiation was over!), he gave him a "Stomotitis coctail" made of Nistatin, Lydocaine, and Maalox (he had to have a prescription for this one). Before the doctor gave my husband these things, even simple things like talking or sipping a vanilla milkshake burned his mouth. Although he still cannot eat spicy foods, he is not constantly aware of mouth pain either.