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recovery after 35 radiation treatments

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@lizzyj58
I appreciate your response I just want real food so bad. I have ulcers in my mouth causing pain and I am using the salt and soda rinse. My wife even is frustrated that I can't eat. I get tired in the afternoon so I sleep a couple hours. I get tired of being in the house but I don't' want to catch germs in the store. I don't need any more problems. I just feel so alone I used to have my dog for company but lost him to kidney disease in April. I glad I can work part days I was going to retire but I feel now needing the comfort of the job to continue working. This just seems like and endless wheel of small improvements, limited food, medication and a constant sore mouth.
I feel like a made a huge mistake having the treatment especially when I researched other treatments that are not so long. No one said I would experience all this that I question if surgery would have been better. But it is too late now and the damage is done all I hope for is improvement.

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@dragonfire I'm a tongue cancer survivor. I used Xylimelts mints available at Wal-Mart and Amazon. They stick to your upper gum and trigger saliva. They'll stay on while you sleep and keep your mouth moist. Some folks wear them during waking hours, too.
Ask your oncologist for the pain relieving mouthwash or magic mouthwash they called it. No reason to be in pain!