Kristen,

I am sorry to hear about the impact of your side effects. During rads my mouth had bad sores still categorized as mucositis and I never felt thrush was an issue. Like you I took plenty of pain meds but my mouth was still most painful. Keep upping the narcos. I started on hydrocode, then oxycodone, then morphine. Each drug was upped in dosage then I switched up. I think I was at about 200mg of morphine a day to just stave off the pain.

Back to the mouth. I used the following with limited but noticeable improvement. Salt/baking soda solution. Magic mouthwash. Liquid lidocaine. Dental paste you put right on the sores and it gets hard like wax.

Again, I am sorry to hear about the sores, they were the worst for me to treat. Good news, it does not last forever but it will be a few weeks of tough sledding. Good luck, don