Roxs - That dry mouth issue is likely different in every single one of us. Your body is recovering from a very major trauma (treatment) and it will do so at its own pace. Put your energy into healthy diet, bits of exercise (walking?) and resting as much as you can. Find meds / habits / foods / beverages that give comfort while you heal. Get yourself stronger and your mouth will follow.

The healing can be really slow. Many of us worried that we weren't healing 'fast enough'. Some folks here have posted that they needed a month of healing for every week they were in treatment. I think my recovery may have been even longer. I am 27 months out of tx and I am still healing/improving a bit each day. Be deliberate in regaining your strength. A year from now you will be amazed at how much you have recovered. Be strong. Tom


SCC BOT, mets to neck, T4.
From 3/03: 10wks daily multi-drug chemo,
Then daily chemo with twice daily IMRT for 12 weeks - week on, week off. No surgery. New lung primary 12/07. Searching out tx options.