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Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 56 | Emily mentioned a local anesthetic from her dentist that really helped, but did not see a later post with the name; do you Emily, or others, know its name?
Thank you all for your posts; they have been very helpful and encouraging, which I need as I "look forward to" rad and chemo (cisplatin) for tongue cancer on 8/20. Thank you.
Ed H
Last edited by ChristineB; 08-13-2012 05:40 PM.
Ed H, NE Ohio
SCC BOT with lymph node involvement, HPV+, diagnosed 7/12
Radiation and Cisplatin
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Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 126 | Hi Ed,
Glad I happened to see your post! The medicine was a mixture of the following:
10% lidocaine, 10% prilocaine, 4% tetracaine.
I would dab it on with a q-tip before eating, and it made it more bareable. The gel burned a bit when I first put it on, but once it started to numb up it felt better. Good luck!!
Emily - 24 years old at diagnosis
HPV-, no risk factors
T2N2b Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Left oral tongue, poorly differentiated
Hemiglossectamy, reconstruction, partial neck dissection
30 Radiation treatments, weekly chemo (cisplatin)
1/13/12 last day of treatment
Diagnosed October 2011
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Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 56 | Thanks Emily; was this a commercial product with these ingredients, or something that your dentist made special for you?
Ed H, NE Ohio
SCC BOT with lymph node involvement, HPV+, diagnosed 7/12
Radiation and Cisplatin
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | Ed, I used viscous lidocaine during rads and it was prescription. I swished it around and held it in my mouth for longer and longer periods as the sores in my mouth got worse. Dunno the mixture that Emily writes about, maybe it's even better (?). Anyway I recommend you speak with your RO about it.
Good luck with your upcoming treatment!
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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