I didnt get them down my throat, but I switched to salt with bicarb and rinsed about 5 times a day. I got oral thrush the first time, thats probably what Mich remembers. I dropped sugar from my diet and never got it back again. A friend of my into alternative stuff said to mix a teaspoon of cream of tartar into my smoothies for a week, and thats what his girls in his family to for thrush ( I did it,, all of it, it seemed to work). I lost my hair quickly, and even my eyebrows and lashes went. So annoying. Get eyedrops for lubrication if you lose your eyelashes. There is a special gel you can get from the Pharmacy for mouth ulcers thats behind the counter. Damn forgotten its name. I wore a cap to bed to sleep in all the way through, got them from the cancer council, and when the stubble fell out, it didnt go through my bed or pillow. I am now into my 9th month since the day I found out I had cancer, and my hair is back, about 1 cm long. Eyebrows and lashes are back! X Bel