 Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 97 | Hi Michelle-
One more suggestion, on the mucus, it helps to rinse and gargle with a mixture of baking soda, salt and water. Make up a batch of 1 liter of water, 1 spoon of baking soda and a little salt(doesn't have to be exact). Then he can rinse his mouth and gargle it several times a day, I used to get up halfway through the night and do it and it really helped. Also, I would use a big syringe to shoot it up my nose slowly until it came out my throat(you can ask a nurse to show you how to do this, it's called nasal irrigation). With the salivary gland being radiated it will affect his nasal passages too. That baking soda rinse was my best friend during radiation!
Melissa
Age 36. Four years of fighting Stage 4 Skull Base Cancer
Can't even fit it in the signature line. I've tried it all! 5 surgeries, IMRT, cyberknife, cisplatin, erbitux, AIM, taxotere, carboplatin.
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