A friend of mine has metastatic inflammatory breast cancer.
She has had several chemos, and is currently receiving 96-
hour infusions of Taxol (I’m not sure how often).
She is taking Diflucan for mouth sores, but still gets them
every month. I’ve seen mention before of a candy to make,
but haven’t seen it recently. If someone has it and could
e-mail it to me, I’d appreciate it very much.
My friend Tracy also said she has problems with tooth pain
(especially from cold water), and tooth deterioration. Is
there anything that can be done about tooth problems like
this?
She also has bad spine pain (the thoracic vertebra is in
bad shape), and the morphine isn’t working any more. The
Duragesic patches aren’t helping much, either, and now she’s
going to try Flexeril with hi-dosing on the patches. Any
other ideas or suggestions would be very welcome.
Tracy is a new friend of mine, so I don’t know all the details
about her cancer or treatments. But she’s having trouble
finding any good solutions to these problems, and I offered
to try and find help on the Internet. I’d sure appreciate
any help that anyone can offer. Thanks very much.
Debra
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dp…@teleport.com
dp…@teleport.com (Debra) wrote:
>She is taking Diflucan for mouth sores, but still gets them
>every month. I’ve seen mention before of a candy to make,
>but haven’t seen it recently. If someone has it and could
>e-mail it to me, I’d appreciate it very much.
>Debra
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>dp…@teleport.com
I found this address on the Web with the title "Mouth sore candy." I
hope it is what you are looking for.
http://www.cancercare.org/faq/cancer_faq.html
-Dean
In article <4c58lq$…@julie.teleport.com>, dp…@teleport.com (Debra) wrote:
> A friend of mine has metastatic inflammatory breast cancer.
> She has had several chemos, and is currently receiving 96-
> hour infusions of Taxol (I’m not sure how often).
I saw an article on the news that Dentist have access to new treatment for
mouth sores. Someone has taken an aloe vera derivitive and figured a way
to keep it on the sore without salive interfering with it. After a couple
hours its absorbed and then reapplied. Sorry I don’t have a name to give
you, but your dentists probably has info.
Eric Lyons € Buda, Texas € Wandering About Wondering
> She is taking Diflucan for mouth sores, but still gets them
> every month. I’ve seen mention before of a candy to make,
> but haven’t seen it recently. If someone has it and could
> e-mail it to me, I’d appreciate it very much.
We’ve made the hot pepper taffy for a close relative with cancer, and
she says it works well. The taffy is really not very hot to the taste.
You can find the recipe in Cancer FAQ at
http://www.cancercare.org/faq/cancer_faq.html; IGNORE the off-the-wall
comment at the end suggesting 1/4 cup of pepper in the taffy; the
specified 1/2 tsp. does quite well. I’ll copy and send you the recipe
in case you don’t have a web browser.
Tom C
Dear Re:mouthsores Have you tried Tea Tree Oil? Good
product out of Australia, also Desert Essence makes a
toothpaste with Tea Tree Oil and Fennel, works. Skip