Hello Chuck,welcome to the group you have come to right place for knowledge and support, I am guessing you don't have feeding tube if you go to currently under treatment section you will find some ideas in my case I had feeding tube so I maintained weight pretty good,try to maintain weigh and rinse with baking soda and salt I did upto 10 times or more a day ,read as many posts as you can that will help you a lot.good luck