Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 176 | Steven,
I too had the thickened saliva issue for about 4-5 weeks. I was spitting every 10 minutes or so. I was carrying a plastic cup with me at all times. I discovered that I had to retrain myself to swallow. If you are at the point now that you do swallow from time to time, it may be a matter of just retraining. It took me about a week to retrain, but I was then back to normal. Try focusing on swallowing all the time. Be carefull not to let the saliva accumulate in your mouth. Swallow as often as you can and you may find that it goes away.
Good Luck, Rob J.
6-05, Left Tonsil-T1N2bM0 stageIVA, chemo(Cisplatin), radiation(6660cGy), neck disection, no PEG. HPV negative. (Doc suspects posit) 3-9-09 last of 30 HBO treatments.
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