Hi Steven,

Congrats on getting through your treatments with your spirits high!

I'm especially glad to read that you walk around with 5 lb weights, staying fit is super important to the way you tolerate sid effects of the treatments (and their after-effects.)

I found that gargling with a mix of salt and baking soda to be very effective in cutting the thick saliva. The warmer you can stand the mix, the more effective it is, but even room temp it works pretty darn well. For me, anyway.

Good luck with your continued recovery and please keep us informed as to how you are doing!

Bart

My intro: http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbt...3644#Post163644

09/09 - Dx OC Stg IV
10/09 - Chemo/3 Cisplatin, 40 rad
11/09 - PET CLEAN
07/11 - Dx Stage IV C. (Liver)
06/12 - PET CLEAN
09/12 - PET Dist Met (Liver)
04/13 - PET CLEAN
06/13 - PET Dist Met (Liver + 1 lymph node)
10/13 - PET - Xeloda ineffective
11/13 - Liver packed w/ SIRI-Spheres
02/14 - PET - Siri-Spheres effective, 4cm tumor in lymph-node
03/15 - Begin 15 Rads
03/24 - Final Rad! Woot!
7/27/14 Bart passed away. RIP!