Hi Linda! You must be doing very well if your sense of taste is still able to detect the orange and grape flavors after week 3. I havent heard anyone talking about the Glutamine Complex here. The flavoring could be something that irritates overly-sensitive radiation caused mouth sores. In the health food/organic aisles Ive seen a wide variety of glutamine products. They all come with a wide variety of potential negative side effects too. To avoid any bad reaction with anything you already are taking or any treatments you are going thru... prior to trying... ALWAYS ask your doc.

OC patients going thru rads and recovery should be using a mixture of 1 cup warm water, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp baking soda to rinse their mouths several times a day. This will help keep the ph balance and help with healing as well. For most, the salt in the mixture burns. Its ok to cut back on the salt, just try your best not to completely omit the salt.

Manuka honey is another option. Its been scientifically proven to work very well on mouth sores. The higher the number the better it works from what Ive seen OCF members say about it. Im pretty sure number 12 is what works best.


Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile