Jenna - My son's mouth sores got painful the second week and the nurse told him the same thing about being kind of early to be starting with the mouth sores. Trying different things seem to be the thing to do. My son used the Magic Mouthwash and after a while, it didn't seem to work anymore, but then later in the treatment he found it worked ok for him again.

Oscar - what my son did at nite was to keep the humidifier going and he had plenty of tissues by the bed with a bucket to throw them in to take care of spitting out the mucous. He found also that keeping a plant mister (spray bottle) by the bed helped to moisten his mouth when he woke up with dry mouth. He also slept with his head raised up on several pillows. I remember how he looked forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas last year just so he would have an extra day off from the Rad Tx. When he first started treatment he didn't want me to talk about "how many more tx to go" but later, when he was 1/2 way thru he started getting enthused about coming down the home stretch! It does get better - it really does! And then when you start feeling better you appreciate so much each little improvement! Enjoy your Holiday days off from Tx.