OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 31 | [quote=Cheryld]With the one ulceration - if it's in a location that is reachable try and ask for an oracorte prescription. Eat, clean your mouth and the area and dab some on. It will help it heal faster.
hugs. [/quote]
Oracort = triamcinolone acetonide. That's the stuff that cleared up that one horrible ulcer that was the bane of my conscious existence for so long. The one I have now is way back down the back of my tongue and I'm not sure I can get to it. I need to get hold of some of the long applicators (like a single-ended Q-tip about 6 or 8 inches long) to see if I can get to it. If I target it and get it a couple of times I'm pretty confident I can keep hitting my mark. Seeing my ENT in 3 days - we'll see if we can make this work! Thanks, Cheryl.
2/2014 SCC T4aN2bM0 HPV+ Tonsil/BOT 3/3/2014 PEG and port 3/10/2014 Chemoradiation therapy begins 260 mg Cisplatin x3, 2.12 Gy rads x33 4/23/2014 Final Cisplatin infusion 4/25/2014 Final radiation treatment 7/17/2014 PET scan. Lymph nodes clear. Primary tumor reduced both size and SUV (borderline hypermetabolic) so it's inconclusive. 8/2/2014 PEG tube removed. 11/24/2014 Saw MO, RO, ENT, and Head & Neck Surg. over past 10 days - all agree no recurrence but enhanced surveillance will continue. |