Shawna,

Yes it was, but it picked up very fast once I was in the hospital and receiving meds. They did insist on keeping me for nearly a week and put me on a special diet. All this while I felt and looked fine. I went back and looked at your first post and I now realize you have more medical knowledge than I. The post was prompted by the "at our request" statement and I wanted to highlight a real problem that can pop up during chemo. Go home when you can, stay in when you should. Your dad is just a few years older than me and he sounds like he should do well, give it time.

On Salagen, I have it but never used it. I looked at some material and I got the impression that it was intended for other causes of salivary function problems and that radiation problems were more of a crap shoot. I saw no real successes with it on here so I passed. If the bad out weighs the good, talk to the Oncologist about it. Maybe it is part of the problem (that would be a guess).

Again, just watch the fevers, 99.5 is only one degree under what I was told to call for. One thing I have learned during my 4 different cancers in 3 years, We can be our worst enemy when it comes to getting help.

Glenn