Hi Di - welcome to the family. You have a LOT of brothers and sisters here who share your journey and symptoms. I'm 10 weeks post radiation and still have dry mouth, in fact mine seems to be worse now than earlier ... go figure. During the day it's not so bad because I always have a water bottle within arms reach. But at night, it will sometimes wake me up, so bad I can't swallow until I get a sip of water.

Oh well, in the big picture view this isn't nearly as bad as the mucositis was, so I have nothing to complain about.

If some of the flavors of Trident sting your mouth, then definitely avoid the cinnamon flavor, as it will light you up.

Thanks to whoever suggested a half piece under the tongue at night, I'm going to try that one

Hang in there, we will all get through this together.

Tony

Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good