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#5508 06-09-2005 01:52 PM | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 206 Platinum Member (200+ posts) | OP  Platinum Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 206 | Hi I hope my spelling is right. I now have thick
saliva in my mouth and don't like. Thats after
15 years of being cancer free. Guess I have to live with it.
Cathy
Cathy
SCCA Stage IV diagnosed 01/90
base of tongue with 1/2 removed.
With neck resection, radiation and chemo
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#5509 06-09-2005 03:34 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 | Hi Cathy
Is that after 15 yrs of having no saliva or has it got thicker?
Congratulations on 15 years! Love from Helen
RHTonsil SCC Stage IV tx completed May 03
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#5510 06-10-2005 04:01 AM | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 206 Platinum Member (200+ posts) | | OP Platinum Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 206 | Having no salvia.
Thanks Helen
Cathy
SCCA Stage IV diagnosed 01/90
base of tongue with 1/2 removed.
With neck resection, radiation and chemo
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#5511 06-10-2005 11:59 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 | How surprising, Cathy
Does it enable you to eat bread etc, or does it make eating more difficult for you? I guess that because you are finding it unpleasant it must be like having mucous in your mouth constantly. Are your doctors amazed or is it usual in very long term survivors?
Hope you don't mind all the questions - my mouth is very dry and I was told my saliva would never return.
I am always interested in how differently people respond to treatment for h&n cancer.
Love from Helen
RHTonsil SCC Stage IV tx completed May 03
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#5512 06-11-2005 01:04 AM | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 156 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 156 | i cath , how very strange u suddenly get saliva back even though it is thick i had thick.saliva after my op but now its thinned out a little for some reason . its better than the lack of saliva i think,im pleased u r a surviver of 15 years WELL DONE best regards maz | | |
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