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Dry Mouth

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I am a week post op today. I know if I drink crystal light it makes my mouth super dry. I do not know why. I just know it happens. I am good with plain ole water!

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    It's been happening to me at night.. Really keeping me up to. I definitely drink enough Water but for some reason I wake up several times a night with driest mouth ever. Almost as if I can't bend my jaw because it's so dry. Not sure what's causing it though?

    Sorry I'm no help lol

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    I feel for you as I have always had dry mouth even before surgery. I use to drink 3 to 4 liters of Water and would have lots of trips to the bathroom. I also used the ACT dry mouth lozenges when I wasn't close to a bathroom.

    It was really bad for me the 24 hours before surgery. I wasn't allow to have anything to drink or suck on from midnight before surgery until 1 pm when they took me for surgery. It was horrible. I was trying to create more saliva as my mouth was so dry my throat was hurting. After surgery for the first 5 months I didn't have dry mouth yet I drank the required 2 liters of water which was a lot less than before surgery. Now 6 months post op my excessive dry mouth and thirst has returned. I was never diabetic nor am I now. I have no idea why I have had this problem for most of my adult life. I have started using ACT lozenges again and have just learned to deal with it.

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    I have had a dry mouth since surgery. Mine isn't related to hydration as I am well over two years post op and stay well hydrated. It's strange. It's worse at night.

    Things I do to help mine is use biotene moisturizing mouth wash and or breath spray. I brush my teeth frequently. Also, keep a bottle of water by my bed and if the dry mouth wakes me up I can sip on that.'

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