Hi. Has anyone got any advice on how to deal with excessive saliva? This is a new symptom for my husband. We are still waiting for a date for the chemo and immunotherapy to start. Hopefully will be in the new year. Many thanks folks
Please have a word with your husband's cancer nurse, and discuss Amitriptyline Hydrocholide, this medication is known to help reduce saliva by using blocking receptors, I cannot guarantee it will work, but it might.
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i also had my tube fitted when i had my laparoscomy, but they needed my stomach to replace the oesophagus when they did the op. so was fed into my small bowel from what i remember, they came to my house to go through the food pump if he will be fed from that, as i didnt want to stay in overnight for a lesson, the girl from the company was really helpful, and its really simple. if you get the food pump, its normally over 10 hours, 1500 calories, i did carry around the pump bracket, but i also had a ruck suck, another guy had one straight into his stomach, was a day procedure and helped with taking all the meds and maintaining calories.
the wall paper paste is awful, friend recomended amazon sick bags (blue), folds really flat and is discreet, i had the wall paper paste awful, was ill in handbags, car boot, tissues didnt cut it. so the sick bags were so much easier. it is part of the irritation, if hes not already propped up at night, worth getting a "v" shape pillow, helps when the saliva comes up, also i found sometimes just putting my fingers down my throat to get rid of it helped. it will pass.
friends husband had the nose feeding peg, but if you get a choice, discuss with the nurses any concerns.
wishng you all the best, in this family there will be people who have all been where you are now and their advice will be invaluable
