Helen,

It sounds like I had field radiation, both sides. As of a minute ago, I didn't exactly know where the salivary glands were located, so I Googled and found the following:

[img]http://www.entnet.org/images/salivary2.gif[/img]

Apparently, these are the major ones. The submandibular glands were definately in the field. The sublingual glands were probably in the field. But the partiod glands may not have been completely affected.

I don't know exactly what happened, but the staff at the HBO clinic said some patients could be expected to recover some salivary function, and I appear to be one of them.



Ken