Hi Sue welcome to a great pleace.

I had the same problem for a with mucous for a while, my hospital gave me a number and i was able to get a suction machine, i found this so wonderful with the thick mucous it really helped a lot maybe you could ask about this....also they delivered it and came and picked it up.

wishing you well and a speedy recovery

Debz

Age 40 Diagnosed with stage 4 SCC tongue, sept 07 started 35 radiation treatments and 3 chemo Had my first follow up PET - got the all clear 17th April 2008.
26th Had my PEG tube removed...eating almost everything. Was hard but learned to eat without saliva, it's so good to chew and swallow food!