Gail,

I agree the new regs pose a lot of travel problems for oral cancer survivors. I have flown twice since rad and chemo and rely very much on biotene gels and a spray I use for extra mouth moisture. Water alone would not cut it for me. I'm actually going to a conference in DC in a few weeks and have decided to drive just to avoid the hassle.

The there's the fact that I still get most of my nutrition through a PEG tube--I wonder what they do if you have to carry your liquid food with you on the plane--for a 15 hour flight especially you'd have to have *something* to eat. I hope eventually I won't have to have the tube, but I still doubt I'll be able to eat what the airlines would serve so what are people wityh dysphagia supposed to do? I really hope someone is thinking about this. I'd like to travel abroad eventually.

Nelie