Congrats Stephanie on finishing your treatment. I finished mine August 23rd of last year, so I am sneaking up on my 1 year anniversary. I agree with what Markus said about the mouth rinse and diflucan. I was constantly rinsing my mouth out with a baking soda/salt/water solution throughout the day and during the night. (1 tablespoon baking soda, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 quart/liter of water) I usually went throught 2 quarts a day. It was the only thing that didn't burn my mouth and this keeps your mouth clean. My doctor also switched me over from nystatin to diflucan (pill) for the thrush. I crushed it up and put it down my peg tube. The nurse in the radiation department gave me a lotion to put on my neck for the blisters and redness.


Tom
SCC T4N1M0 left side tongue & 1 node
Dx 05/21/07 42 yrs old
40 Tx IMRT @ 70 Gy started 06/25/07
Cysplatin & 5fu 1st & 4th wks
treatment ended 08/23/07