Chrisy - sorry I am now just joining the network blog page (call it whatever). I cannot see any responses and realise it is now 16 Jan 2012 but figured the side affect you spoke of is so common it deserved a response as I too experienced this. Mouth rinsing and gargling with BiCarb soda dissolved in warm water immediately after meals and a gentle teeth clean, as well as in between meals if it gets bad, helped tremendously.
I have had 6 cycles of chemo for secondary breast cancer and found each cycle somewhat different so predictability is limited to only the most common of personal side affects each of us endure. Hope you are still going OK and the treatment has got easier on you.
I have done significant research and am looking for others who have a similar diagnosis and interested in latest research on treatments and the impacts on mean survival time (MST). I have breast cancer with multiple metastises in the liver. I was diagnosed in August 2011.
Looking forward to responses.
Suz