I've been feeling a little pain along the left side of my jaw/neck area and a weird taste coming from the left side of my mouth every now and then, so I wonder, could my left salivary gland be drying up from the radiation? I didn't start drinking water until 11pm because I fell a sleep. When I got up, I didn't want to drink too much water because I didn't want to be getting up every hour to pee when I should be sleeping, and Frankie might think I could take him out, which I can't do.
At the ThyCa meeting, some of them had mentioned rubbing the area to help relieve the pain and to possibly help move things along in the salivary glands that were blocked up. So, I've been drinking more water since I got up this morning, and rubbing both sides of my neck (don't need both sides to get blocked and dry up!).
Otherwise, I'm still feeling a little tired right now. I'll do my laundry when my parents leave for my dad's Coumadin class this afternoon. Not allowed out of my room right now since the physical therapist is here working with my dad.
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