Allergy Season

Kyle Gilmore
Kyle Gilmore Member Posts: 55
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Has anyone here come up with a good concoction of allergy meds that doesn't add to the dry mouth we all seem to have.

I am getting my butt kicked by the pollen over here in Oregon.lol

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  • fisrpotpe
    fisrpotpe Member Posts: 1,349 Member
    #2
    hope
    i will be checking for replay's as i am having the same problem
  • tommyodavey
    tommyodavey Member Posts: 728 Member
    #3
    fisrpotpe said:

    hope
    i will be checking for replay's as i am having the same problem

    Allegies
    I was given Clarinex pills with Nasonex nose spray and haven't noticed any change in saliva. That was my first worry and I put off filling the script for two months until I couldn't stand it anymore. If you do ask for them, also ask for the discount card.

    And actually I am a little surprised it didn't give me dry mouth or hype me up like so many others have. But what works for me may not work for you. It's all trial and error.

    Good luck finding the right one.

    Tommy
  • CajunEagle
    CajunEagle Member Posts: 408
    #4
    fisrpotpe said:

    hope
    i will be checking for replay's as i am having the same problem

    No more Allergy problems
    Well, at least for the last two years. ENT has me on Astepro nasal spray before bedtime, and Nasonex in the morning. So far, it's worked like a charm.

    Larry
  • bjw1955
    bjw1955 Member Posts: 67
    #5
    ALLERGIES
    I HAVE A TRACH AND TAKE ALLERGA-D 12 HOUR AND IT HELPS ME I STILL HAVE DRY MOUTH
  • Mrs. Sarge
    Mrs. Sarge Member Posts: 206 Member
    #6
    bjw1955 said:

    ALLERGIES
    I HAVE A TRACH AND TAKE ALLERGA-D 12 HOUR AND IT HELPS ME I STILL HAVE DRY MOUTH

    Any hints?
    bjw; I noticed in your "stats" that your cancer is similar to mine, that was just diagnosed. I am Stage 1 but a recurrent cancer that I had 1 1/2 yrs ago, with no treatment that time. I am slated for just radiation starting next week. Are you able to eat? Is your trach permanent? Just wondering what I should be looking at? Thanks for any help!!!
  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    #7
    Mrs. Sarge said:

    Any hints?
    bjw; I noticed in your "stats" that your cancer is similar to mine, that was just diagnosed. I am Stage 1 but a recurrent cancer that I had 1 1/2 yrs ago, with no treatment that time. I am slated for just radiation starting next week. Are you able to eat? Is your trach permanent? Just wondering what I should be looking at? Thanks for any help!!!

    Hi Mrs Sarge
    Welcome to the group. If you would create a brand new thread, introducing your situation and asking whatever questions are pressing you right now, more people will notice you and you will get much better answers. I've read your information, and I have to say, you are likely one very lucky person. You have a very early diagnosis, and are likely to get great results from treatment. That is not saying your treatment will be fun, because it won't. Like the rest of us that have been through radiation, there are side effects, and those side-effects can be pretty bothersome for awhile. To comment on your initial questions, eating will likely be affected, at least for awhile, by your radiation. And your speech will be affected, as the radiation will have a definite effect on your vocal cords. These are certainly things that you will want to talk about, and many here can give you some good advice.

    Welcome to the group, again. Keep coming back.

    pat
  • Mrs. Sarge
    Mrs. Sarge Member Posts: 206 Member
    #8
    longtermsurvivor said:

    Hi Mrs Sarge
    Welcome to the group. If you would create a brand new thread, introducing your situation and asking whatever questions are pressing you right now, more people will notice you and you will get much better answers. I've read your information, and I have to say, you are likely one very lucky person. You have a very early diagnosis, and are likely to get great results from treatment. That is not saying your treatment will be fun, because it won't. Like the rest of us that have been through radiation, there are side effects, and those side-effects can be pretty bothersome for awhile. To comment on your initial questions, eating will likely be affected, at least for awhile, by your radiation. And your speech will be affected, as the radiation will have a definite effect on your vocal cords. These are certainly things that you will want to talk about, and many here can give you some good advice.

    Welcome to the group, again. Keep coming back.

    pat

    Thanks!
    Longtermsurvivor.....I will see if I can figure out how to start a new thread. phrannie told me about a super-thread about starting radiation.....do you know where it is or how I can find it? TIA
  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    #9
    Mrs. Sarge said:

    Thanks!
    Longtermsurvivor.....I will see if I can figure out how to start a new thread. phrannie told me about a super-thread about starting radiation.....do you know where it is or how I can find it? TIA

    superthread
    scroll down to the bottom of the first page of threads. It's about three up from the very bottom.

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