#41565 08-02-2007 04:03 PM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) |  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Diflucan is a prescription drug. No it is not an antibiotic. It is something you need to take everytime you are put on an antibiotic because you will get thrush again if you don't take it.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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#41566 08-02-2007 04:47 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | You can get thrush easily just from dry mouth or altered pH.
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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#41567 08-03-2007 05:58 AM | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 45 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 45 | The saliva creates a balance in the mouth of natural flora. So having a lack of saliva means the balance is disrupted. Also, thrush thrives on sugars and creamy things ie: Ensure, Fortisip, Custard etc. So all the things we eat to maintain our weight basicaly! Typical!
Undifferentiated Nasopharyngeal Ca. T3N1M0 stage: IIb. diagnosed: June 2006. 6cycles of high dose chemo (Cisplatin & 5FU). 6 & half weeks (33sessions) radical R/T
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#41568 08-03-2007 01:20 PM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 58 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 58 | I too have mouth sores especially under my tongue on both side of my mouth. I have noticed that when I eat something especially sweet I feel like my tongue and lower lip swell. I went to my Ear eye and nose specialist, and he told me I would have to live with it and prescribed Maalox:Benadryl:Viscour Lidocaine. I took it one time and my entire mouth went numb including the back of my throat. If what I have is thrush how do you treat it? I would appreciate any suggestions.
Hacklene
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#41569 08-03-2007 06:33 PM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hey Hacklene, it's Minnie..........How are you?? I think of you often and miss talking to you online. Hope all is well with you and your family. Did you ever get to Norfolk this summer?
I also get sores under my tongue and on the sides, takes forever for them to heal. I often wonder if I have thrush but I don't see any visible signs of it.
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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