Latest messages for CancerCompass discussion http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,30784,0.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My husband is going through a BMT right now - no graft/host YET - but like one of the previous responders, he had bad mouth sores during chemo - and they eventually just went away on their own.  I'm hoping your Mom has the same good fortune. irisjune Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT hi i am so sorry to here about your mom. i had bmt and got mouth and throat sores from chemo not gvhd but they are very painful. they gave me a script. called magic mouth wash did help me some and when real bad took oxcy pills. i will pray that it lets up very soon.god bless jeff tortios Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 11/30/2008 suzann wrote:HiMy Mom had a bone marrow transplant in February of 2007.  Doing well except severe graph vs host in her mouth and bottom lip.  Some of it is in her throat as well, as she has to chew her food into very little bites before swallowing or else she can choke on it as it gets stuck.  Basically the inside of her mouth along the whole bottom and side is like an open wound, and her lip on the outside is always like it's been burnt but never healed.  VERY painful for her and very difficult to eat.  The doctors are doing the usual treatment but not helping.  Wondering if anyone else has had graph vs host in this area and besides the usual medicine did you use anything else that worked.  My family is just grateful she is alive and well and she is a very strong, determined person.  I'm just trying to find out some other options for her.  ThanksSuzannehi Suzanne O boy life hard, she go’s through  a bone marrow transplant and gets graft-versus-host disease as well What  treatment is she on now  other patient on the CC site sead there are on one the steroid methylprednisolone. I seen patient use the old Colloidal silver and also using powder Corn starch as it ease pain from radiation treatment of the throat.  but I think she in for the long haul may God go with you both  Ray jcr65566 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT HiMy Mom had a bone marrow transplant in February of 2007.  Doing well except severe graph vs host in her mouth and bottom lip.  Some of it is in her throat as well, as she has to chew her food into very little bites before swallowing or else she can choke on it as it gets stuck.  Basically the inside of her mouth along the whole bottom and side is like an open wound, and her lip on the outside is always like it's been burnt but never healed.  VERY painful for her and very difficult to eat.  The doctors are doing the usual treatment but not helping.  Wondering if anyone else has had graph vs host in this area and besides the usual medicine did you use anything else that worked.  My family is just grateful she is alive and well and she is a very strong, determined person.  I'm just trying to find out some other options for her.  ThanksSuzanne suzann Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT