UNEXPECTED SIDE EFFECT OF RADIATION

For over a week I suffered from what I thought was an abscess in my mouth which caused my tongue to be very painful especially when eating or drinking. Since I had a dental appointment arranged at Princess Margaret Hospital Dental Clinic, I decided to have Dr Wood take a look at the problem. To my unbelief he told me that it was a small piece of bone sticking out of my gum and rubbing on my tongue. He pulled the piece out and the relief was immediate. Unfortunately the same problem happened again withing a few days and as I was going back to PMH to see Dr.Hope, I called and made another dental appointment for the same morning. This time he poked and pulled and finally removed another three pieces of bone. (I'm not sure which was the worst: - the bone on the tongue or the dentist working on the problem) I found out that this problem sometimes happens after radiation treatments and is caused by the blood vessels being reduced and damaged by the radiation. He gave me two bottles of Perioplus Oral Rinse (Antimicrobial) which I am to use twice a day. We'll see how things go until my next visit with the dentist next week.