My partner gets what we thought was an overload of saliva which as the cancer progresses is getting worse. It has a very strong smell as well. Is this the same thing all of you are talking about? It's like nothing I have ever smelt but I would know the smell anywhere. He hasn't started treatment yet and I've read that saliva dries up with radiation. Should I be expecting this to go away or will it stay?

Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone
No surgery
Teeth removed 06/07/2009
radiation 13/07/2009 x 7wks
chemo 15/07/2009 x 3 Cisplatin
last TX 28/08/2009
25/11/2009 PET-lymph node activity.
08/01/2010 CT Scan-ALL CLEAR
03/03/2010-Peg removed
01/2013 left side of Jaw removed and replaced with pectoral flap.
23/12/2020 scan show lesion in tongue
01/2021 SCC stage 3 base of tongue diagnosed
01/03/2021 chemotherapy started.