 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Watch out for that salt water, salt, even is very low concentrations can burn like hell once the mouth sores get started. Be careful that you don't swallow the magic mouuthwash when you gargle. It can mask your gag reflex and you don't want to aspirate anything into your lungs.
Last edited by Gary; 07-12-2009 10:20 PM.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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