10th Treatment and Doctor's Appt.

Had my 10th treatment this morning along with a pretty good doctor's appointment. Dr. Sinesi seemed to be very pleased with my progress so far and thinks I'm doing better than expected with the radiation treatment. Side effects are coming on much stronger now. My saliva is getting very thick and sticky causing me to now have to rinse several times a day with the Biotene mouthwash. I woke up this morning with a very sore throat. It seems to get better during the day, but is still sore. I'm also developing some sores in my mouth and it's hard/difficult for me to open my mouth wide.
Food is now having it's familiar nasty taste:( Had turkey for dinner last night which tasted like cardboard and lunch today wasn't much better.
Dr. Sinesi said that all these side effects are normal and to be expected.
Fortunately we have lots of stuff to combat this dry mouth stuff...nothing works perfect, but at least what we have seems to work a little bit. Dr. Sinesi said that if things get too bad and I cannot get any relief, to let him know so he can prescribe me something different.
Other than that, things are going ok. I'm just trying to cope with this mess I'm in.
That's about it for now...more to follow next week.