Hi Marta, sorry to see you here, but glad you found us because there is a lot of help to be obtained here, and a lot of love conveying it! We are a family, and you are one of us, so Welcome!

Dry mouth is relieved by the non-sucrose "sugar" Xylitol. LeftyS7 suggested a hard candy called "XyliMelts", but a much easier and, IMHO, overall better (more effective and much longer lasting relief) solution is cheap and widely available chewing gum that is sweetened with Xylitol; to wit, Trident.

Did I mention, very effective relief, Long lasting (a stick lasts me 5 hrs or more) and DIRT CHEAP?

I like the 3-pak of "Tropical Twist" and would not think of heading to the gym for my regular workouts without starting a piece of that first. However, under the strenuous exertion of my workouts, the relief only lasts about 45 min, and then I have to start a new stick.

The mints and other candies sweetened with Xylitol will all work, but only until the mint is gone, usually a matter of one to three minutes.


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!