 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Carafate also works at treating lip sores from dry lips from the rad if you swab it on every few hours--I used it for both indigestion/heartburn and the lip sores. I'm pretty sure I got Reglan --but I was thinking it wsa through my port (via IV) on the days I got chemo.
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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