I'm glad you found that acupuncture helped you! I myself was in distress as my lymph glands were burned to a crisp. Within 24 hours of my last round of radiation treatment, my neck was as big/if not larger than my big head. I was not having a medical emergency, but I was not getting help as everyone at the Cancer center directed me to the ER. Upon entering the ER, they wanted to perform tracheotomy me as they thought that I would succumb to respiratory distress/arrest. Almost 8 hours waiting for my oncologist to reachout to the ER. Once my oncologist contacted the ER doctors, his advise was to discharge me and to see the oncologist on Monday morning (now Saturday afternoon). As soon as I left the ER, I called a local acupuncturist and explained what happened and current condition, and he said that he would open up for me and work on me. Within 40 minutes after having acupuncture the lymphedema was half the size it was, and Sunday morning it was even smaller. Monday the oncologist and his PA/head nurse said that I was the worst case of lymphedema they has seen in 15 years. My problem is that they could see it coming in my last two daily rounds of radiation, but they kept on cooking me... < -- burning the cookies...

As for fluoride, I quit all fluoride. As my acupuncturist recommended. He also suggested that a high alkaloid water was going to help. So, I only drink RO water with a pH of 9.5. My salivary glands have improved and my tastebuds are somewhat better, but it is now almost 4 years since my last treatment (radiation/chemo) March 11. I stopped all rechecks within 6 months, as I had decided that I was not going to go any further and I would leave this world as I came into it. God will decide my time. Things that have helped (me) lymphatic pump, nebulizing 500mg of Reduced Glutathione with 3.5% saline 2x daily), no flouride, RO 9.5 pH water, acupuncture, staying away from sugar (it's like jet fuel for cancer). yoga, good thoughts, God and family, non-processed foods, exercise/walking about 5+ miles a day (depending on the weather and my pain level). I have OA and PsA which makes life harder. Post chemo/radiation I contracted a autoimmune disorder. It started with psoriasis and then shingles... I stay away from any narcotics (pain killers). My VA dermatologist has saved my bacon, as I was starting to look like Ben Grimm (The Thing). I don't wear a mask, as I need to expel all the waste and get clean air into my body. Sleeping on a Medcline wedge pillow helps drain the lymphatic fluids during rest/sleep.

If I had to do it all over again, I would not. (This is my opinion and does not discredit anything that you do or have done). I did it all for my wife, and she has seen enough to understand and that the damage done is only the beginning. Radiation collateral damage is the gift that keeps on giving...

The picture below is about 6 hours into my ER stay. I pray for everyone, and would never wish this on anyone, even the worst person on Earth. Be good to each other and happy thoughts.