Hi all,
My husband is due to start week 3 (of 6) of radiotherapy tomorrow for cancer of the salivary gland. He has just started to develop sores and ulcers and I wondered if anyone had any tips for helping with them. He is doing the mouth rinses with salt water and bicarbonate and I have got him bonjela etc but I wondered if there was anything else?
thanks all x
I was given Caphosol Difflam and Gelclair and they all helped
Rinsing and spitting soluble aspirin can help the pain too but morphine did the trick for me. The mouthwashes helped protect my mouth and keep it clean.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
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