 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Joseph, glad to see your update. The extra saliva will very soon disappear and the dry mouth will be with you 24/7. Rinsing with a mixture of 16 oz warm water with 2 tsp baking soda and 2 tsp salt will help neutralize your mouth and it will help it to heal. Repeat rinsing your mouth many times a day, I would suggest 6 times daily.
Try sleeping with a humidifier by your bed to add moisture into the air. Also Biotene makes several dry mouth products. Try their gel which will coat your mouth. Some members have use olive oil to coat their mouths, I never tried that myself.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
