Chemo mouth please help

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Any advice for chemo mouth plzPray

  • FormerMember
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    Oh the joys!! I’ve tried everything from porridge to scrambled egg to mash potatoes and everything tastes like rancid milk!!  I’ve noticed it calms down about 14th day after chemo, just to start immediately after next one! Some people swear by strong flavours such as ginger, vinegar etc but you have to find your own level…good luck!  Fearful

    1. Evening Cazza one of my nurses recommended milk shake ice cream yoghurt and trifle as even though it might still taste horrid it is giving you hight calorie food  and I have found strawberry smint help you just have to be careful as they contain sorbatel which is a laxative
  • I was recommended to try pineapple and pineapple juice and that was ok and I actually found I could eat cucumber without any issue and it was cooling. Hope this passes soon for you 

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  • Apart from food recommendations, call your chemo team if you haven't already. Gelclair is fantastic and difflam mouth wash. Soft toothbrushes and non-foaming toothpaste like sensodyne. Or can get biotene toothpaste prescribed. Soft food or calorie dense soups, not spicy. I really hope this settles quickly for you.