I use several Biotene products to include the toothpaste, mouthwash, gum and spray saliva substitute. I do not use a humidifier although I did while in treatment last year.

My question now is, would the dry mouth condition alone be causing the symptoms I described? I am curious as to where the obvious dried blood is coming from? Especially when I feel no pain and wouldn't even know the dried blood is there if I didn't rinse out my mouth. It just doesn't seem normal to me that dryness alone would be causing this. If so, I need to get the old vaporizer/humidifier back out of the box and set up in the bedroom.

Bill D.


Dx 4/27/06, SCC, BOT, Stage III/IV, Tx 5/25/06 through 7/12/06 - 33 IMRT and 4 chemo, radical right side neck dissection 9/20/06.