Gagging

Mary, I had the same thing when I was taking chemo. I felt like I had a piece of  small food stuck on the very back of my tongue. I did not have no problem with my throat, just on my tongue. It felt like a very thin layer. I would take my toothbrush and scrub very hard way back in my throat. No success. It did not cause me to gag though. I could eat fine but it just felt like a thin layer of something way back on my tongue. It did not hurt. It was just aggravating.  Hugs, Pixie

VickiSam said:

Mary ---

So sorry to hear this -  I too, had similar issues during chemo -- what help at times I found is sucking on ice chips, during and after each chemo.  Sipping ice cool drinks with ice - the first 4 or 5 days after chemo relief most of my discomft.

What does your Oncologist, or his staff say about this side effort?  If you get a chance, please call your Oncologist.

Strength, Courage and HOPE for a Cure.

Vicki Sam

Mouth sores are very common during chemo -- I don't know if they can also show up in your throat, but I would think that would be possible.

There are some very effective mouthwashes your doctor can prescribe for chemo-related mouth sores -- please be sure to let your oncologist or chemo nurse know about this problem right away.  In 2015, there's just no need to suffer with a lot of the side effects from chemo, when doctors now have good treatments available to help make us more comfortable.

Traci  

Clementine_P said:

Throat sores

I had mouth sores that went into my throat.  For the mouth sores I used Magic Mouthwash that my oncologist prescribed for me.  Basically it numbed my mouth and did help.  There really wasn't anything they could do for the throat sores so for a few days after chemo  I ate soft foods that were room temperature.  Nothing acidic.  Drinking cold or room temperature non carbonated liquids helped too.

Best,

Clementine

I had issues with my throat with swallowing and once I could not swallow at all for several hours and it scared the you know what out of me..    Also I found that I was not able to swallow large pieces of anything at all...and had to be very careful to chew, chew, chew each and everything I ate for a very long time.   Even today I have to be careful and I'm alway wondering if cancer of the esophagus will show up one of these days.  (I take that back)....    Anyway, I told my Onc then and he sent me for tests and went thru a lot of drinking things and being put on tilting machines while I tried to drink things etc etc......but there was no real conclusion about a thing and I wondered if they just wanted to send in more Bills for all of that.  Oh me.......bad attitude.         The Ice sipping sounds like a good thing to me....... keep us informed on what your Oncologist says ok?    Prayers for Strength & Courage,  xxoo   Glo