Hey John,

As you've heard many times we all heal at different rates. In my case the mucus stopped right at 8 weeks post treatment. It started to slow down some just before that. I started to sleep through the night and had to only occasionally hack up some stuff. I could talk ok as long as I kept a water bottle handy. Before that talking was out of the question. I'm now 12 weeks post treatment and puking and hacking are all but a distant memerory. Talking is much better. My voice is raspy and must keep the water handy. I always have three things on me, 1. Water bottle 2. Blistex lip infusion (liquid chap stick with a roller ball) 3. Biotene mouth spray. The mouth spray really helps with the dry mouth. How is your energy and eating going?

Good luck

Age 49 @ Dx
12/1/11 noticed lump in neck
1/6/12 excision 2 nodes Dx SCC
1/11/12 PET Dx SCC BOT
1/17/12 Biopsy BOT HPV+16
1/30/12 PEG installed
2/13/12 start Cisplatin X3 RAD X35
4/2/12 end RAD & chemo
7/2/12 PET Clear
10/9/12 PEG out
1/02/13 CT scan clear
7/08/13 CT scan clear