Hi, i am almost 8 years post DX and treatment, i recently had some dental surgery and had to have HBO treatment after i was done with it all i noticed i have saliva, its not enough to eat without water yet but i no longer have to carry water around with me as my mouth is always wet (yeah),I loose most of my teeth and then get my saliva back (so typical of me)but still its amazing to have a wet mouth again...it just shows though anything can happen i had given up on getting mine back ...keep the faith

Dx SCC stage 4,on 10/9/2007
9/24/2007 started 7 weeks radiation 3 rounds of cisplatin given at week 1 week 4 week 7
Pet scans show cancer free
no saliva
no taste
11/11/11 started having BP issues, no diagnosis yet suspect Baroreflex Failure
2/10/2014 12 teeth removed HBO x60 healed well except for 2 sides
April 2014 started to get saliva back
8/30/2014 DX osteoradionecrosis of the jaw waiting on surgery