Magic Mouthwash is a mucositis with Lidocaine (sort of Chloraseptic on steroids). I’ve been in Radiation treatments for throat cancer all summer and sometimes the Magic Mouthwash was the only way to swallow (even water and the river of Ensure). As treatments progressed it was often followed by a snort of liquid hydrocodone and eventually Elixir of Morphine. The author’s description food tasting like “wet cardboard” would have been an improvement for me. The solid food I manage to choke down with the help of Marinol resembles dry sawdust.
Ah, ok. I had two surgeries on my throat and they never gave me anything for that. I just suffered through it all. I remember how hard it was to even take a drink.