"OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | Hi Christine is right that was the worst part about post rads for me, the gagging and saliva - I threw up from that more than chemo believe it or not. - I rinsed constantly carried a rag spit into that at home - or a glass, outside walking my dog I became a world class spitter. A humidifier loosens up the phlegm, at night and I'd water pick my mouth on the lowest setting with the tongue cleaner attachment to clean my mouth during the day- it was great. I'm assuming your mouth sores have cleared up, since you've gotten dentures. Hopefully it won't be too long for the Phlegm to lessen. I used to have major issues with gagging and my dental tray but I would suck it up for the 4 minutes and have to have them in... And now I'm okay with them. Take care...
Last edited by Cheryld; 07-01-2012 07:32 AM.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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