 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Allyson,
your salivary glands should make somewhat of a recovery. It can take as much as 18 months - that is a big advantage of IMRT over XRT. I took no meds for that and I am about 85% of my normal salivary function. In the meantime, keep a water bottle handy and stay away from dry or salty foods.
I had pain yawning and moving my tongue around for a long time and that has significantly gone away now.
It takes a lot of patience for full recovery.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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