Hello Callie!

The insomnia and extreme fatigue is more than likely caused by opiate pain medication, although the fatigue has several causes (high cortisol levels due to stress response, poor nutrition uptake due to immune response, loss of lean muscle mass due to all of the previous, depression etc), something that helped me was vaporizing marijuana. The sleep aides like Ambien and Lunesta were worthless and actually had horrible side effects for me.

The heavy mucous can be treated with a rinse of baking soda and salt water although I never remember the exact ratios, I'm sure someone will be along shortly that does though. The sore throat can be tackled with Magic Mouthwash which has lidocaine in it, available from your Dr.

Hope that helps, hang in there my dear.

Eric



Admin note--*** 16 oz warm water, 2 tsp baking soda, 2 tsp salt If the salt burns too much, cut it back to 1 tsp or omit it until the sores begin to heal ***