Hi guys,

Im almost halfway through rad tx (12 in of 30). I started getting mucositis (sp?) last weds and wasn't really bothered with it until this past weekend. My rad oncologist had given me a mouth wash mix of maalox,benedryl, lidocain. It numbed me up while it lasted but everyday I seemed to have worsening sores, and dryness. Yesterday I woke up spitting up yellow/green mucus (sorry for the gross description). Called to speak with someone from rad (with no luck being that it was a holiday). Got a hold of the duty ent (military hospital) and he had me come in to see him.

He didn't see any signs of infection, gave me tylenol 3 and motrin (600 mgs) for pain. My pain has been horrible, brings me to tears at times. He also prescribed Daniels solution. Have any of you heard of this or used it?

Im not able to sleep right now from the throbbing in my jaw (time for more t3) went to rinse my mouth out and managed to spit out a bunch of green gunk out. Is this normal? Is this a sign of infection? I am not running a fever yet but I wasn't given anything to refer to for signs of infection. But, with my daughter obvious signs of infection are changes in the color of her sputum. We have lots of discussions on colors of green in the cf forums, and other kinds of gross topics (lol fun stuff....). I will see my rad oncologist today since I have tx today, but was just curious if this is *normal* with rad tx or not. BTW, my gums look a little more normal since Ive rinsed a few times with the Daniel's solution.

My tylenol 3 is kicking in now and making me a wee drowsy so I am going back to bed. Hope all are feeling well, if not on the road to recovery.

Thanks ,
Laura