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Mouth Sores from chemo: When do they go away?

Posted by walkingmom @walkingmom, Dec 24, 2022

Any suggestions for mouth sores? Mine started a few days after my first infusion of Taxotere and Cyclophosphamide. Am using Magic Mouthwash consisting of lidocaine, maalox and benadryl with baking soda, salt and water rinse in between. Day 4 and no relief. For those of you who've had them, do they not go away until all infusions are complete? If so, I don't think I can handle it 🙁

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lilypilly | @lilypilly | May 5 9:36am
In reply to @deserthykr "So, magic mouthwash helps my mouth sores. Lucky me! But my LIPS! OMG! Any suggestions for..." + (show)
@deserthykr

So, magic mouthwash helps my mouth sores. Lucky me! But my LIPS! OMG! Any suggestions for how to heal my lips? I am using Vaseline, Manuka, and an avocado healing cream from AOS Skincare, and nothing is helping. I lost 5.5 pounds this week!

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I am using Castor oil on my lips. Saturate them several times.es per day.

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deserthykr | @deserthykr | May 4 11:21am
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@colleenyoung

@deserthykr, this sounds very uncomfortable with your lips. Do you get sores on them? Do the blister?

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Sores, not blisters….

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | May 3 8:18pm
In reply to @deserthykr "So, magic mouthwash helps my mouth sores. Lucky me! But my LIPS! OMG! Any suggestions for..." + (show)
@deserthykr

So, magic mouthwash helps my mouth sores. Lucky me! But my LIPS! OMG! Any suggestions for how to heal my lips? I am using Vaseline, Manuka, and an avocado healing cream from AOS Skincare, and nothing is helping. I lost 5.5 pounds this week!

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@deserthykr, this sounds very uncomfortable with your lips. Do you get sores on them? Do the blister?

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deserthykr | @deserthykr | Apr 25 11:58am

So, magic mouthwash helps my mouth sores. Lucky me! But my LIPS! OMG! Any suggestions for how to heal my lips? I am using Vaseline, Manuka, and an avocado healing cream from AOS Skincare, and nothing is helping. I lost 5.5 pounds this week!

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deserthykr | @deserthykr | Apr 25 11:53am

I am sure this doesn’t help, but the magic mouthwash works fit me in 2-3 days.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Apr 23 9:23am
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@ddawkins

My husband is also having a terrible time with mouth.

I saw where L glutamine is good to take for mouth also.

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Welcome to Connect, @ddawkins. I’m sorry to hear your husband is having mouth sores while undergoing chemo. Been there myself…when your mouth hurts, I swear everything hurts! Relief options can be hit and miss but there are several great suggestions in this discussion. So I hope your husband finds some relief soon. The mouth sores are generally temporary until the white blood count starts climbing after treatment. Has he lost his sense of taste?

If you don’t mind sharing a little more about his diagnosis, I’d be happy to connect you with other members who might be walking down that same road. It can be so helpful to have a support network with people who understand what you and your husband are going through.
What form of cancer does your husband have? Is he receiving monthly chemo?

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ddawkins | @ddawkins | Apr 22 11:25am
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@mugs24cancer

I got mouth sores after my second chemo treatment and picked up the prescription mouth wash. I was having chemo at my local hospital. Mayo called to check on me that week. When I told them about my mouth sores they asked if I had sucked on ice chips or a popsicle during the chemo. I had not. My local hospital did not know to have me do that.
Wow! What a difference it made. After the sores healed for me in about a week, I did suck on ice chips for all the rest of my chemo treatments. Did not experience any more mouth sores!

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My husband is also having a terrible time with mouth.

I saw where L glutamine is good to take for mouth also.

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stevecando54 | @stevecando54 | Mar 13 5:37am

A little side track but, during the treatment I developed pimples on my face. Sometimes was told it's chemo rash, well, I finished treatment over a year ago and I still have pimples on my face. Good grief, 70 years old and have pimples, lol.. Best to all.

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stevecando54 | @stevecando54 | Mar 12 4:43am

I finished the treatment over a year ago,, I used a mouth wash and gargled with warm salt water to help with the sores, Not sure how long after treatment they stopped.

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denise134 | @denise134 | Mar 11 4:10pm

Mouth sores stay awhile longer even after done with chemo several weeks

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