@suefish That is my problem exactly. I can take a drink of water before talking and I can't even make it through one sentence before my lip is sticking to my teeth and my throat so dry it feels like I'm swallowing knives. Unfortunately, added to this is the most vile taste in my mouth. In nine months of this, I've never been able describe the taste, except that it is nasty, gross, disgusting... I'm afraid for my teeth because I think I'm a chain sucker of Werther's Original hard candies. Those work for both Sahara dry mouth and awful taste. But only when I'm sucking or eating something else.