Hi all, I just discovered this board and-wow-I wish I'd found it 8 years ago when my mom was first diagnosed! My family always felt we were the only people out there dealing with oral cancer...so not true!

My question is this - due to surgery/radiation, my mom has very little saliva, a problem I'm sure is shared by many OC patients. Eating, talking and swallowing are always more difficult when there is less humidity (i.e. winter in the midwest, where she lives). I've just recently moved to Colorado where the air is *really* *really* dry almost all the time. My mom loves Colorado and would dearly like to come visit me while she is on a break from chemo (cancer reoccured a few years back). But she's worried about the climate. Anyone have experiences living/visit dry climates with a dry mouth problem? Did you notice it much? Tips for dealing with it? She drinks a lot of water and chews a lot of biotene gum, which works reasonably well where she is. Any other ideas?

Thanks so much!