I think I have night time dry mouth partially beaten

RayTodd
RayTodd Member Posts: 187
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
I think I have a way to beat the night time dry mouth.Had me dentist make me some like mouth guards but really thin. Put dry mouth gel in them and he presto no dry mouth all night and no chewing my cheeks. The ones in my mouth that is LOL
Will try it for a while and report back.Tried the liquid first duh

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  • fisrpotpe
    fisrpotpe Member Posts: 1,349 Member
    #2
    good
    good idea, i will be looking forward to your report.

    john
  • Sam999
    Sam999 Member Posts: 319 Member
    #3
    fisrpotpe said:

    good
    good idea, i will be looking forward to your report.

    john

    Sounds like a good idea.
    Sounds like a good idea. Please do let us know.

    Thanks,
    Sam
  • hwt
    hwt Member Posts: 2,328 Member
    #4
    Sam999 said:

    Sounds like a good idea.
    Sounds like a good idea. Please do let us know.

    Thanks,
    Sam

    yes please
    keep us posted
  • RayTodd
    RayTodd Member Posts: 187
    #5
    it seems to be working when i do it which I have for 3 nights ao
    When I do it which I have for 3 nights and 1 without. Whan i do it I do not wake all night with a dry mouth and chewed cheeks The night without was dry and cheek chewing.
  • tommyodavey
    tommyodavey Member Posts: 728 Member
    #6
    RayTodd said:

    it seems to be working when i do it which I have for 3 nights ao
    When I do it which I have for 3 nights and 1 without. Whan i do it I do not wake all night with a dry mouth and chewed cheeks The night without was dry and cheek chewing.

    Great Advice
    Thanks RayTodd for the information. I will talk to my dentist to see if we can do the same thing. Funny, I thought I was the only one biting my cheeks at night. I have a mouth guard but end up taking it out during the night while asleep. A thin one with gel would do the trick.

    TD
  • Sam999
    Sam999 Member Posts: 319 Member
    #7
    tommyodavey said:

    Great Advice
    Thanks RayTodd for the information. I will talk to my dentist to see if we can do the same thing. Funny, I thought I was the only one biting my cheeks at night. I have a mouth guard but end up taking it out during the night while asleep. A thin one with gel would do the trick.

    TD

    RayTodd,
    Could you put a
    RayTodd,

    Could you put a picture of what your dentist made? This way we can ask our dentist for the same thing.

    Thanks,
    Sam
  • CivilMatt
    CivilMatt Member Posts: 4,724 Member
    #8
    who has the driest mouth?
    RayTodd,

    Like you I’ve been working diligently to solve the dry mouth syndrome, I’ve contacted some of the greatest minds, but they said leave me alone. So, I guess it is hit or miss by fellow H&N bus riders.

    Lately, I’ve been trying the Xylimelts just as my head hits the hay and like you have been sleeping through the night only to be woken by the pee signal (you know all that water). The Xylimelts are a funky little mint you place between the check and gum and for the most part they stay fixed in place (I found one on the pillow this morning). They dissolve slowly over a few hours (I guess, I am asleep). Next thing I know it is morning. I am getting from 5 to 7 hours uninterrupted sleep for multiple nights in a row. For me they seem to help.

    It is probably hit or miss on whether they will work for anybody else, but you know how it is here amongst fellow thread readers, we are a tolerant, yet vocal group about what does and doesn’t work.

    Good luck to all and try to sleep with your mouth closed (to preserve moisture).

    Best,

    Matt
  • RayTodd
    RayTodd Member Posts: 187
    #9
    Sam999 said:

    RayTodd,
    Could you put a
    RayTodd,

    Could you put a picture of what your dentist made? This way we can ask our dentist for the same thing.

    Thanks,
    Sam

    will do Sam
    AS soon as I get time
  • Tonsil Dad
    Tonsil Dad Member Posts: 488
    #10
    CivilMatt said:

    who has the driest mouth?
    RayTodd,

    Like you I’ve been working diligently to solve the dry mouth syndrome, I’ve contacted some of the greatest minds, but they said leave me alone. So, I guess it is hit or miss by fellow H&N bus riders.

    Lately, I’ve been trying the Xylimelts just as my head hits the hay and like you have been sleeping through the night only to be woken by the pee signal (you know all that water). The Xylimelts are a funky little mint you place between the check and gum and for the most part they stay fixed in place (I found one on the pillow this morning). They dissolve slowly over a few hours (I guess, I am asleep). Next thing I know it is morning. I am getting from 5 to 7 hours uninterrupted sleep for multiple nights in a row. For me they seem to help.

    It is probably hit or miss on whether they will work for anybody else, but you know how it is here amongst fellow thread readers, we are a tolerant, yet vocal group about what does and doesn’t work.

    Good luck to all and try to sleep with your mouth closed (to preserve moisture).

    Best,

    Matt

    Solution.
    12weeks out of treatment and I have no saliva at all. My saliva glands
    were not even in the line of fire (if you know what I mean). Anyway back to
    the issue of dry mouth. There is a company in Europe (Germany) I think
    named SALIWELL ( www.saliwell.com ) and they have invented a custom
    made mouth-guard with a electronic device built in it which it stimulates the
    saliva glands by electric impulses.
    I've read over their website and it looks pretty promising. It doesn't give
    prices so its proberbly expensive as they are custom made through your
    dentist ( who have never heard of it ).
    Please check out the sight and see what you think ( I have NO affiliation )
    I wish I did as it looks good, but I will give it more time to see if any
    of mine comes back.

    God bless
    Tonsil dad,

    Dan.
  • RayTodd
    RayTodd Member Posts: 187
    #11
    Tonsil Dad said:

    Solution.
    12weeks out of treatment and I have no saliva at all. My saliva glands
    were not even in the line of fire (if you know what I mean). Anyway back to
    the issue of dry mouth. There is a company in Europe (Germany) I think
    named SALIWELL ( www.saliwell.com ) and they have invented a custom
    made mouth-guard with a electronic device built in it which it stimulates the
    saliva glands by electric impulses.
    I've read over their website and it looks pretty promising. It doesn't give
    prices so its proberbly expensive as they are custom made through your
    dentist ( who have never heard of it ).
    Please check out the sight and see what you think ( I have NO affiliation )
    I wish I did as it looks good, but I will give it more time to see if any
    of mine comes back.

    God bless
    Tonsil dad,

    Dan.

    have posted this in the past as soon about Salliwell
    As my dentist told me about it, its like a mini TENS machine for the mouth.Tried my tens machine with nearly dead batteries and no pads and it did work. Healthy batteries blew my fillings out LOL. Its not cheap so this is a stop gap.

    PS I finished Rad treatment 8 months ago which by the way does not have to be the actual area being blasted, its not the glands that die its the nerves that fire them

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