Greetings all, and thank you for sharing your experiences on this board.

For those of you who are going through radiation, I can pass along a few tips that helped me with the unpleasant side effects:

1. Club Soda (Use as a mouth rinse) - Great for cutting through and getting rid of the thick mucous you get from Radiation

2. Ice Packs - Use on radiated area daily to help reduce swelling, redness that your skin will eventually have. (Aloe is a big must as well!)

3. Get a routine for eating and mouthcare. This helped me as toward the end, when I had no desire to do anything but sleep. Keeping my mouth clean went a long way to keeping the side-effects away.

Best of luck to each of you and your continued journey and fight of this disease.