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My doctor also gave me a mouth rinse called Caphosol that requires a prescription. It comes in two parts that you mix together and then swish and spit. I really like it. I gets ride of what I fondly refer to as "the slime" and them keeps my mouth from being so dry for quite awhile. I especially like the results if I use it before I go to bed. I don't wake up with such a dry. mucousy mess in my mouth. Someone also sugested that I get a humidifier for the bedroom at night and I plan to pick one up this week.
48 SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06 9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx 35 rad 2006 Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula 35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08 4/15/09 recurrence 6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace
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