 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | That is very good news, Vin. I have small sores on my tongue on and off from eactly what your ENT said. If I am too sound asleep to wake up a couple of times at night and swallow some water and gargle, my tongue can get sandpaper-dry and swollen and when it brushes against my teeth it get irritated.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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