Christine, I use a LOT of ice in my Coke, so that helps with the bubbles. Cokes in restaurants are a lot bubblier than the ones I drink at home, where I can sip them slowly and they can get melty ice and go flat and stuff like that. Yes, the over-carbonated ones can still burn a bit ... but it is still better than some of the other stuff I lost. Though all those Coke Your Way machines make them all taste like too much lemon has been added ... sigh ... but better than nothing. I hope there's some combination that works for you.

(I'd probably suffer it some anyway, because of the migraines ... the caffeine helps. I drink caffeine free most of the time, but during a migraine I need the caffeine and I don't drink tea or coffee. I know, what kind of American doesn't drink coffee? LOL.)


Surgery 5/31/13
Tongue lesion, right side
SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated
T1N0 based on biopsy and scan
Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes
12/2/13 follow-up with concerns
12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned
1/8/14 Port installed
PEG installed
Chemo and rads
2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads
March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June
2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia
Fall 2017: HBOT
Jan 18: oral surgery