Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 78 Likes: 1 | Ask your nurses if they can spray your mouth. This really helped initially - and then became a little less helpful- but still not bad. I found the VHC shakes great- I liked them at room temp by the third week when I really needed them. Aquaphor!! Slather it on!'. I looked SO shiny & gloppy- and am so happy I did!! I bought a bunch of cheap tees & put them under my clothes & then tossed them at the end of treatment as they had bad stains. Well worth it though as my skin came through really well!! I carried around a cup to spit in... Gross, but made for less chasing of lips when spitting into a towel or tissue when in public.
I didn't have chemo, so not sure whether or not these tips will be as helpful- but we are all pulling for you. You are a tough cookie- this disease has nothing on you!!
Love the machine nicknames!
Sally, 38 years old T1N0M0 Left Tongue Lesion, Moderately Differentiated 10 + year history Leukoplakia, Mild Dysplasia before cancer diagnosis 8/2011 Scheduled Partial Glossectomy & Neck Dissection 9-17-11
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