 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | I did not have radiation, but I know that there are TONS of entries on the forum about the mouth soreness problem.
In the meantime, for an unrelated problem I had last year, my periodontist recommended swishing with equal parts of Maalox and liquid Benedryl. The Maalox soothes the mouth, and the Ben. numbs it.
If this would be a terrible thing for a radiation patient to do, somebody please tell Bette before they use it!!
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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