Did anyone of you with mucositis receive Ethyol therapy during radiation? According to the oncology center where my husband is going to receive his treatments this is suppose to help prevent damage to the glands that create this mucus and saliva. We already have difficulty with thick mucus and my husband uses the Robitussin. He used to use citrus juices to break the mucus up but now that burns too much. We try to make sure he is getting between 2-3 liters of fluid a day to prevent dehydration. With taking mostly liquid forms of nutrition we have had to add Benefiber to keep things regular. Hope everything is going well for everybody else. Husband has had a rough time since his gastrostomy tube was placed due to the trauma to his throat wnen they tried to intubate him. They ended up having to give him a spinal anesthetic and an open incision to put the feeding tube into his stomach.
This has delayed the start of his radiation and chemo, which will now start next week.