Yea, I bet the ginger ale does lite you up. I tried Sprite and found out I can't drink soda's. It has been years since I drank a soda but one day at chemo a lady was drinking a sprite so I thought I would try. Big mistake!

Also, I had to start grinding up a few of my meds because they get stuck in my throat. Well one of them is my asprin and let me tell you that one does me up a job. But I can't swallow them no matter what I do other than to grind it up. Everything taste like salt to me. I can't even taste sugar.

SCC left tonsil, tonsillectomy with additional tissue removed 06/10/08, a few teeth on top left side removed 09/05/08,recurrence before treatment started at BOT and tonsil area, 35 IMRT treatments began 10/15/08, and Cisplatin IV (began10/16/08) weekly for duration of radiation.