Hiya. About the mouth, there are several things you can try.

Buying a bona fide baby tooth brush can help a lot because it's gentle on your gums. Failing that, a soft bristled tooth brush is fine too. But you want to keep away from the firmer toothbrushes if you can. If you're finding mint tooth paste painful to use, you have two options. You can use kids toothpaste. Such is the UK's relationship with cavities etc, kids toothpaste is completely fine to use. It contains the same amount of fluoride. The second option is, "oranurse" toothpaste from Amazon. It has no mint, and doesn't aggravate sores etc. It's made for people with altered taste, going through chemo or taking meds that affect the mouth.

Away from the teeth, salt water is good for bringing inflammation down a little, and helps with bacteria. You want to avoid spices, fruit juices, tomatoes (including tomato soup) and anything crunchy or hard. Most dairy things are fine like soft cheeses etc.

Have you been checked for oral thrush? That is common when on chemo. You want to nip that in the bud straight away because it can get bad quickly. A pharmacist should be able to check for it, and prescribe you something on the minor ailment scheme if you can't get seen by anyone else with it being the weekend. They can also give you difflam spray which can help with sore throats. But the number one rule is, stay away from spicy and acidic foods and drinks.

If nothing improves or gets worse, you might have to call the cancer helpline because a sore mouth and throat can stop you eating and drinking, and that's the last thing you want.

Thank you for your reply & advice. Sadly things got very much worse very quickly. I had to be admitted to EAU where I was diagnosed with nutrapenic.sepsis! Back home now with injections every day bloods twice weekly hopefully all will settle down ! I have another round  in 12 days.. Sending light & love for your caring  thank you. ,

hi have they given you any mouth washes. I had such bad problems with my mouth that I had to have a feeding tube as ulcers were in my mouth and the top of my oesophagus. I was given not only salt sachets to use as well as 3 other types of mouth wash

Hi, sorry to hear you are going through this. I had mouth ulcers and lumps on my tongue all the way through chemotherapy. I bought sensodyne toothpaste, used difflam spray and had a  Difflam oral  green mouth wash. Keep as hydrated as possible, little sips of water to keep your mouth from drying out as well. It will be fine once the chemotherapy finishes. Take care.

Hi, sorry to hear you are going through this. I had mouth ulcers and lumps on my tongue all the way through chemotherapy. I bought sensodyne toothpaste, used difflam spray and had a  Difflam oral  green mouth wash. Keep as hydrated as possible, little sips of water to keep your mouth from drying out as well. It will be fine once the chemotherapy finishes. Take care.