yup, thats the type I'm using. That's good to know, Gary, because the yogurt has stung a little bit when I eat it lately. But I think I'll keep it up if it might help prevent thrush.

Since I saw the Nurse-practitioner in the med oncologist's office, lots of changes happened as to what else I'm using. I've put away the Gelclair for the time being and I'm using more of the Carafate rinse. I swab it on with qtips, especially on the inner lips and cheeks where I seem to have lots of irritation and I think it especially helps keep my lips from cracking and bleeding from the sores too badly.

I also have a new magic mouthwash I use 4 times a day without the benedryl (which would interfere with the strnger painkiller I now have)but with lydocaine that numbs my mouth and throat, so I can't eat or drink for 15 minutes after swallowing it, but it really takes care of the more intense burning pain and helps me eat for a while after the 15 minutes is up.

And I have some "oxydose" for pain that I take every 3 hours by dropper as needed. I haven't started taking that round the clock yet because I don't feel I need it all the time and I like having full use of my faculties to read, etc. sometimes(I'm also in the last week of teaching an online class and prefer to grade student work when I'm not on painkillers :-).

But the oxydose, I am finding, really helps me at night and I like that it doesn't last for too long because that means I wake up often enough at night when my mouth gets sore that it doesn't get as badly sore and dehydrated during sleep without me getting up and gargling, using the Carafate, etc (I also am using saline/baking soda gargle at least very hour or so when I'm awake and use it a lot when I wake at night).

I am still brushing with Biotene and a baby toothbrush after every time I eat anything, flossing once a day very gently and carefully but not using trays. I think I could use the trays without too much pain right after the numbing magic mouthwash but I am reluctant to do anything that would make the mucositits worse.

Right now this new routine seems like it's effective and not too much stuff to rememeber to do. Probably it will all have changed again by next week. I am starting to have some of the thick stringy mucous that i need to clean from the mouth once in a while but that has not gotten too bad yet.

I do have a humidifier next to my bed but I'm thinking of getting a second one to help even more to keep my mouth moist when I sleep. I really appreciate all the advice I've gotten here. Even little things like getting Puffs Plus tissue for wiping away mucous.

Nelie