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Triton
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8 years ago

Sucking ice cube during IV chemo to stop sore mouth

Has anyone had any experience with ice therapy for any IV chemo eg sucking on an ice cube during the transfusion in order to prevent a sore mouth from developing? Is anyone being treated at the Alf...
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Jane_Elizabeth
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8 years ago
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!)