Sucking ice cube during IV chemo to stop sore mouth

Hi @Triton I agree at the Epworth its mandatory, I had 4 FEC and 8 Taxol but only lemonade icypoles for the FEC (Red Devil) still got mouth ulcers through chemo, but rinse your mouth with salt water a few times a day and if you do get them alot use Kennalog paste overnight works a treat. x Melinda

My oncology centre doesn't offer it, it seems so I might do the water trick you've suggested @mum2jj (if I'm brave enough to front up to a second go at 1st time)

A very good friend of mine who had done chemo before me advised me to take two bottles of ice cold water and sip on them comtinually during my chemo. I used to half fill them with water and freeze it overnight and then top them up with water the morning of chemo. I did this and never got mouth ulcers. Not sure if that was the reason, but I felt it helped. 
Good luck. 
Paula xx

I had my chemo (4 AC) at the Westmead Cancer Centre in Sydney and they gave me an ice block/icy pole each time I started my chemo.  I seemed to get by without mouth ulcers, I still had a mouth tenderness and would easily cut inside my mouth when I had toast or something like that which would scratch up the inside of my mouth.  I was very fortunate not to get mouth ulcers although I expected them.

Dear @Triton, I didn't pick up on the ice cube or icy pole therapy! I did suffer from a sore mouth from days 4-10 of each chemo  round. For me frequent tooth and mouth  brushing (fairly gentle) followed  by gargling with bi-carb soda in warm water helped me - never got ulcers. Best wishes from jennyss

Hello Triton
I went to The Mount Hospital in Perth for chemo.  Had AC & docetaxol.  They gave me an icypole for the red part of AC each time (it was the normal for that one) but not for any of the others.  I hate icy poles so took in an icy water bottle that I was allowed to have (as long as I kept sipping it!!).  I didn't get ulcers but did get a sore mouth from docs - should of tried the icy water for that.  Worth a shot, extra fluids definitely wouldn't harm anything.

Hello @Triton,

Its called oral cryotherapy, that is cooling the inside of the mouth by sucking on ice or icy poles.  It can be helpful to prevent sore mouth (mucositis) following certain types of chemotherapy.   Good idea to check with the chemotherapy team at Alfred Health to see if its an option with Taxol.  See the link below to information regarding mouth problems during cancer treatment and how best to manage them.
https://www.eviq.org.au/patients-and-carers/patient-information-sheets/3099-mouth-problems-during-cancer-treatment

At the Epworth they used to give me an icy pole for each round of AC chemo, supposedly to stop the chemo drugs affecting the mouth. I never got ulcers on AC (or Taxol where they didn't do the icy poles!)

I'm going to ask about it tomorrow. I believe it's called cryotherapy.