Eileen,

Most likely, drinking fluids with all the vomitting is still not hydrating Don and the vomitting is probably dehydrating him more. The more dehydrated, the worse (thicker) the goo. During chemo I vomitted many times an hour and I don't remember ever going for very long without vomitting. I had 2-3 bags of IV fluid a day for many weeks. When my mouth, throat and everything from there to me rear end got raw, I used a lot of Miracle Mouthwash to swish and swallow. It is pretty popular with any type of mouth and throat sores. It has lidocaine and maybe benadryl and something else.

Guafenesin is useless without a lot of fluids. I also had the home health folks bring me a nebulizer and did some inhalation treatments to help the throat stay moist.

Best wishes,

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023