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#200411 09-20-2020 02:58 AM
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Hey!

Just wondering what everyone would recommend? I’ve been using gc dry mouth gel for years. Works fairly well but I still wake up multiple times a night with dry mouth. I tried biotene gel many years ago, but preferred the gc gel at the time. Coming up to 10 years post-treatment. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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21 @ diagnosis. Tongue cancer(SCC) non smoker,HPV negative. 11 hour Surgery (30+ glands removed-left side neck dissection, 'jaw split' for 'access'-left side tongue dissection, graft & artery from left thigh for re-construction of tongue.44 rad t'ments.4x cisplatin.no peg.Clear PET scan 12/5/2011!
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Hey Dave ,I was prescribed mouth spray from my dentist its called mouth kote its all natural it really helps me

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Thank you for the info!
I’ll take a look into it.
Appreciate it, thanks.


21 @ diagnosis. Tongue cancer(SCC) non smoker,HPV negative. 11 hour Surgery (30+ glands removed-left side neck dissection, 'jaw split' for 'access'-left side tongue dissection, graft & artery from left thigh for re-construction of tongue.44 rad t'ments.4x cisplatin.no peg.Clear PET scan 12/5/2011!
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I use xylimelts. They're tablets that stick to your gum and slowly release moisture at night. They do help.

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Thank you I’ll have a look at those too. Appreciate it!


21 @ diagnosis. Tongue cancer(SCC) non smoker,HPV negative. 11 hour Surgery (30+ glands removed-left side neck dissection, 'jaw split' for 'access'-left side tongue dissection, graft & artery from left thigh for re-construction of tongue.44 rad t'ments.4x cisplatin.no peg.Clear PET scan 12/5/2011!
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My dentist gave me Moisyn. Comes in a sprat or rinse. I like it. For me it lasts several hours


Lip Cancer
Stage 3
T2 N0
Lip resection, reconstruction
Modified Neck Dissection
30 radiation treatments (last day 9/11)
Starting Physical Therapy on my neck
Barium Swallow Test after Thanksgiving
1st post op PET scan scheduled for beginning of December
Going thru it physically alone during the pandemic 2020
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I use ACT, not a gel but a tablet which works for hours.


SCC stage 1 Nov. '03,
SCC stage 2 (clear mrg, no rad, no chemo) RND, Feb. '15
SCC stage 1, lower gum Mar '23

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