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Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 247 Likes: 1 | My husband's dental hygienist gave him a sample of Spry gum. Has anyone tried or commented on this gum? Ingredients: http://store.xlear.com/eSource/ecom...temNum=BLC&siteId=1&bulkexists=0He's still looking for a Biotene gum replacement, which he was using to moisten his mouth during exercise and after meals when it wasn't convenient to immediately brush.
CG to husband, dx @ age 65, nonsmoker/social drinker. Dx 5/08 SCC Stage IV, BOT T1N2aM0. 33 IMRT - completed 9/12/08. Induction Chemo (Cisplatin, Taxotere & 5FU), plus concurrent Cisplatin.
1/09 PEG removed; 5/09 neg PET/CT; 5/10 PET/CT NED
Dental extraction & HBOT 2013; ORN 2014; Debridement/Tissue Transfer & HBOT 2016
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Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 319 | I've been using Trident (Tropical Twist flavor) for at least the last 4 years. It is sweetened with Xylitol. My dentist recommended it, but also said that anything sweetened with Xylitol will work.
BTW, theTrident is available in your grocery store and lasts MUCH longer than the Biotene gum ever did.
My intro: http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbt...3644#Post16364409/09 - Dx OC Stg IV 10/09 - Chemo/3 Cisplatin, 40 rad 11/09 - PET CLEAN 07/11 - Dx Stage IV C. (Liver) 06/12 - PET CLEAN 09/12 - PET Dist Met (Liver) 04/13 - PET CLEAN 06/13 - PET Dist Met (Liver + 1 lymph node) 10/13 - PET - Xeloda ineffective 11/13 - Liver packed w/ SIRI-Spheres 02/14 - PET - Siri-Spheres effective, 4cm tumor in lymph-node 03/15 - Begin 15 Rads 03/24 - Final Rad! Woot! 7/27/14 Bart passed away. RIP!
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Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 269 | I'm with Bart...(he turned me on to the trident tropical twist) it's very inexpensive too. Spry is really small and costs too much, tho nice once in awhile for a change of flavor.
Nancy (53 at dx)
Metastatic SCC. Stage III. HPV positive with occult primary. N1, no ecs
7/1/11 - L-Selective neck dissection. Tonsillectomy. All clean. No rad, no chemo.
5/29/13 - Found primary
7/3/13 - TORS
7/8/13 - Emergency Surgery/Blood vessel burst in throat
8/9/13 - Peg in
9/3/13 - Radiation starts 30 IMRT, 60gy BOT, 56gy both sides of neck
10/14/13 - Radiation ended!
11/12/13 - PEG out!
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Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 247 Likes: 1 | Thank you, I have passed the info along. Not sure why he has not experimented with other brands before now. It will be easy enough to pick up trident and give it a try.
CG to husband, dx @ age 65, nonsmoker/social drinker. Dx 5/08 SCC Stage IV, BOT T1N2aM0. 33 IMRT - completed 9/12/08. Induction Chemo (Cisplatin, Taxotere & 5FU), plus concurrent Cisplatin.
1/09 PEG removed; 5/09 neg PET/CT; 5/10 PET/CT NED
Dental extraction & HBOT 2013; ORN 2014; Debridement/Tissue Transfer & HBOT 2016
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