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Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 55 | Hi Deb. I finished up my RADS about a month before your husband, and I had the exact same complaints about rope mucous as he does. The advice you've already gotten here is pretty good. In my own case I started to get rid of that about four weeks ago, and it is completely gone now. Of course my current complaint is dry-mouth, but at least that isn't waking me up at night from choking.  I have been at work full time now for 3 weeks and can say things are really getting a * lot* better. You're almost there!
Peter, age 62 at Dx
3/27/15 Dx T2N2aM0 Tonsilar P16+ G3 SCC
4/6/15 Full PET clear except for above
4/24/15 TOLM tonsillectomy/clear margins. Neck dissection 20 nodes (1 w/cancer & extracapsular extension)
5/28/15 PEG in
5/27 - 7/10/15 Daily Radiation to 66 units cumulative; Cisplatin weekly X 7
8/24/15 PEG out
9/24/15 Full body PET - N.E.D.
12/22/15 CT and physical exam. Continued clear.
3/11/16 Physical exam. Continued clear.
7/12/16 One year post-treatment! CT clear.
7/7/17 2 years post - still clear
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Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 104 | Deb,
I gargled with regular club soda and then ginger ale when I could handle the taste. The carbonation seemed to help for temporary relief.
The Netti pot is a damned godsend after waking up. If he hasnt used one, I would try the squeeze bottle kind. I went thru probably 500 of the solution packets recovering, they are cheap on amazon.
I would spray the back of my throat and then use it thru the nose. Sounds gross, but judge me after he tries it.
Brian
Stage IV TxN2aM0 HPV+ SCC 38 y.o. male
9/20/13 Sentinel Node Found
12/5/13 Start of 72Gy and 5 bags of Cisplatin
1/21/14 Treatment Ends
1/25/15 1 Yr clear
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Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | Thumbs up on the Netti pot. It's been quite a while now, but I still remember my son using it and it really helped.
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | If you have a Waterpik, you can get your hubby to clean his mouth several times a day. You should use it on the slowest setting, with warm water and a bit of the magic mouthwash in it. It works like magic.
Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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