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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...
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.