Gary,

So I'm curious. How did they test your paratid function?

I'm one of the ones who had XRT and never totally lost my saliva function despite having had right submandible gland removed as part of the neck dissection. I don't walk around with a water bottle and never did. My saliva is thicker than it was prior to treatment, but better than nothing. However, all these years later, I am now noticing that when I wake up in the morning, it is getting thick and white almost like that awful stuff we gagged on at the end of radiation. I think this means my remaining submandible gland is not working as well as it did since they are the ones I think produce the thin stuff. Would be nice to know why this is happening after all these years. Doctor just shrugs.

Take care,
Eileen