Mouth Sores

They warned me about mouth sores! They said most people complain of mouth sores because of the chemotherapy!


I now have mouth sores!

It's like toothache, but not severe, and pretty much generalized around the mouth - though for me, there's a concentration around the top right where it is more severe, which I think might be related to an area that my dental hygienist was nagging me about months ago.

They recommend salt-water gargling - I just tried it and I think I need to change the ratio of salt to water!
 
It seems churlish to complain, as it's really just a little thing - more of an inconvenience than anything. Same with the slow urinary flow - it's annoying and inconvenient, but it's just that and you deal with it (not chuffed that I had to get up 4 times overnight, though!).  The nausea is controlled pretty well by the medication that Glynn, the infusion room's own dedicated pharmacist, prescribed - I just take a pill when I feel it coming on and it is sorted.

I published the GoFundMe page and have been thrilled with the response! A couple of people had already sent me cash independently and that emboldened me to go public with the plea - I love my friends!