Mouth Sores

Leatherette - did you order from Amazon? I think I should get a pack cause taxol has mouth sore SE.

Kimber - For my dry nose, I did a Neti pot rinse 2X a day and put a little petroleum jelly in nasal passages. That helped me a lot! Let me know if you need more info on the Neti.

Kimber - if you get the neti pot, remember to use filtered water only and 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt per cup of lukewarm water. Check the temp on your wrist like you would a baby bottle. It takes a few tries to get the head angle right so it doesn't immediately go down your throat. Oh and do this over the sink. I give it a little sniff while there is still water in my nose to get it up in the sinuses a bit. Then I blow gently into a tissue/TP. Then dab some vaseline. I hope this works for you!!

On tchp. 65 years old treatment 5 of 6 was 12/18 tchp. Unable to brush my teeth due to the pain of the sores. Today there was a small amount of black of when I rinsed? Thanks for the above recommendations.will speak to once tmrw.

I don't think it has been mentioned in this thread, but I've talked about it elsewhere, Witch Hazel was amazing for me during chemo. I don't know if Tom's still makes it, but before I'd started, I had read a recommendation for their baking soda mouthwash which at that time also contained witch hazel. I used it a few times a day during treatment and the only time I recall ever getting a bad mouth sore was when I ran out of it, at which point I was on the magic mouthwash that helped only a bit by numbing. What I then did was take a q-tip with some witch hazel on it and dab it on the sore - it helped keep the swelling and inflammation down. Unfortunately I think Tom's baking soda mouthwash no longer contains the witch hazel, but I wonder if there are other formulations out there or recipes for it. I swore by it.

(witch hazel was also good for other sore areas during treatment - it was also recommended to me to pour a bottle into a container of unscented baby wipes too which helped in that regard)