Saliva Problems

hilde451
hilde451 Member Posts: 229 Member
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Hello Everyone: Just want to give you all a bit of information and hope it helps.
my name is Hilde and I was diagnosed with Non=hodgkins follicular lymphoma stage 4.
That was after surgery in 04 and then did 22 radiation treatments to the left cheek and neck. then was in remission for 41/2 years and it came back on the right side.
Surgery again and it was in my bone marrow. So stage 4.
I have found Biotene dry mouth toothpaste and they have spray and gum. It helps me tremendously. Hope it helps someone.
Hilde

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  • Scambuster
    Scambuster Member Posts: 973
    #2
    Thanks Hilde
    Always good to hear what works for this problem. I hope you are doing well now.

    Scambuster
  • hilde451
    hilde451 Member Posts: 229 Member
    #3
    Scambuster said:

    Thanks Hilde
    Always good to hear what works for this problem. I hope you are doing well now.

    Scambuster

    saliva
    Thank you Scambuster. At this time I am in remission. I did a thing called Zevalin December 23, That was after doing 8 chemo sessions. Dry mouth will never go away there are times if I dont drink enough I can not even swallow my food. But coming along. I do a scan in November. I just thought I would post what I do. I really swear by this toothpaste and the gum. They also have mouth spray too. Can not hurt to try it.
    Hilde
  • Pam M
    Pam M Member Posts: 2,196
    #4
    hilde451 said:

    saliva
    Thank you Scambuster. At this time I am in remission. I did a thing called Zevalin December 23, That was after doing 8 chemo sessions. Dry mouth will never go away there are times if I dont drink enough I can not even swallow my food. But coming along. I do a scan in November. I just thought I would post what I do. I really swear by this toothpaste and the gum. They also have mouth spray too. Can not hurt to try it.
    Hilde

    Yay, Remission!
    What is Zevalin? No radiation? My next scan is Nov. 15 - hope we're lucky together. Thanks for the helpful hints - always appreciated. Glad to hear that you're still making progress.
  • hilde451
    hilde451 Member Posts: 229 Member
    #5
    Pam M said:

    Yay, Remission!
    What is Zevalin? No radiation? My next scan is Nov. 15 - hope we're lucky together. Thanks for the helpful hints - always appreciated. Glad to hear that you're still making progress.

    Pam
    I want to explain what Zevalin is. It is a Radioactive treatment. It sure was scary for me.
    I do my next cat scan Dec. 1st , it came in the mail Saturday. So we will see how that goes after 6 month when I had the last one done.
    Hope you are doing well. Hilde
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #6
    hilde451 said:

    Pam
    I want to explain what Zevalin is. It is a Radioactive treatment. It sure was scary for me.
    I do my next cat scan Dec. 1st , it came in the mail Saturday. So we will see how that goes after 6 month when I had the last one done.
    Hope you are doing well. Hilde

    Hi hilde


    Thanks for the up-date and all the best with the treatment
  • Tricia02
    Tricia02 Member Posts: 129
    #7
    gum
    my oncoman here in UK recommended zapp gum, which is manufactured in the states and I am having trouble getting hold of it, seems they dont export, weird! Anyway it has no aspartame, no sugar, and no sorbitol - sounds perfect considering I have teeth problems and I hate to have aspartame and sorbitol. If anyone is using this product I wud luv to hear.

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