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Dry Mouth. Particularly at night. Solutions?

Posted by sandy8043 @sandy8043, May 20, 2024

I was diagnosed with Squamous of the tongue and lymph nodes. Following surgery, radiation and chemo/cysplatin I've had chronic dry mouth. A friend of my husband's who had similar surgery recommended Xylimelts stick on mints. I bought mine off Amazon and the box of 40 was less that 20 bucks. They really work. I sleep through the night. And my daytime dryness is much better also. They work for me.

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harleytiger | @harleytiger | 3 hours ago
In reply to @roblem "Hi @dmg64, I had 35 rounds (7weeks) of Photon radiation for a total of 70Gy and..." + (show)
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Hi @dmg64,
I had 35 rounds (7weeks) of Photon radiation for a total of 70Gy and 3 rounds of cisplatin chemo for tonsil cancer back in 2008 but no surgery and to help with the brutal dry mouth tried ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ACUPUNCTURE in 2015 which was offered at my cancer clinic for head & neck cancer patients. I was tested to get a baseline and retested after 8-10 appts. and had great results. Never needed to go back and to this day 10 yrs. later dry mouth is a non-issue, and I don't have to carry a water bottle with me either.

Best of luck on your journey,
Rob

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@roblem I've never heard of electrical stimulation acupuncture? I'm doing acupuncture, but not electrical. I suppose I should ask at the clinic?

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roblem | @roblem | 56 minutes ago
In reply to @harleytiger "@roblem I've never heard of electrical stimulation acupuncture? I'm doing acupuncture, but not electrical. I suppose..." + (show)
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@roblem I've never heard of electrical stimulation acupuncture? I'm doing acupuncture, but not electrical. I suppose I should ask at the clinic?

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@harleytiger
Absolutely

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