Thank you everyone for your interest and your terrific practical suggestions! Because of your responses I was able to encourage John to phone the doctor today and ask about getting help for something he thought he just had to endure. He was given a prescription for ranitidine, something that reduces the production of excess stomach acid and it did the trick. Some of our drugs may be different in Canada- not sure.

anyway. Thanks so much.
Mary


Caregiver for John SCC left tonsil Stage III/IV dx Sept 05, tx started Oct 21/05 -IMRT 35, cisplatin 3 X 100mg/m2;completed Dec08/05.