Thanks guys for the quick responses. I've been getting by ok lately on 15mg of oxycodone every 3 hours and a lydocaine mouthwash for breakthrough pain and ahead of eating. tommorrow starts my last 5 sessions and i plan to get the duragesic patch so i don't have to take so many pills so frequently. pain has been manageable since last posted because i upped the dosage majorly upon approval of my doc. we celebrated my younger daughter's 1st b-day yesterday and i was in great shape considering i'm 25 rad treatments own.