Hello all-again great encouragement and advice... my problem with wiping my mouth out with tissue or foam "toothbrushes" -- if I get anywhere near the back of my throat, whammo, the gag reflex kicks in... Sometimes this is good, and I can cough up a nice mouthful and spit it out... Other times, like last night twice, I actually get sick and lose all those hard-earned calories... arrgg...

Went to the doctor today and he hooked me up with the mega-pain medicine pack -- a patch, a steriod, morphine, some naseua medicine, a hydrocodone refill and I'm sure some other stuff that I haven't found in the bottom of the bag yet. I actually left the pharmacy with a big brown grocery bag!! My poor liver... :p

Even the first round of morphine didn't seem to do much. I tried drinking some gatorade (since I'm getting somewhat dehyrdated) and it burned going down... my tissues just burn... I think I'll do better when that comes under control...

Anyway, I'm hanging in there... thanks for tips and "tricks of the trade"... we're definitely in a club no one wants to be in, but one that we're all glad is there...

Blessings,
Eric