Well Cheryl, you certainly got a believer in me on that one!!
Thanks for input from you all..scratchy Hockey Dad's with me on this one then.
Good ideas Maria, Christine and Tina, many thanks, however to throw a spanner in the works, I'm finding milk makes my mucous start up a treat. I could drink it up to when the rad treatment was about 3 weeks in but then this mucous started. Since ending treatment and in the weeks when I was able to eat a wee bit I had a horrible experience one day with a yoghurt - immediate blisters and then a week later I tried a miniscule amount of grated cheese on some boiled spinach and that was agony for a day and led me into this period of not really eating hardly at all. I discussed it with my GP and the dietician and they think I may have developed a dairy allergy/reaction. This makes some sense to me given my experiences. So I have found almond milk and coconut milk to be ones I can manage without too much issue. I'm not willing to try dairy milk, yog or cheese again just now.

Do you all find that if one leaves the throat space to heal that it helps or do you feel one should push on through? My oncologist said that the necrotic tissue in the throat needs abrasion (i.e. lumpier/ rougher food) to be dislodged and I should get on and eat again. My dietician felt that was wrong and that if in pain I should ease up. Not easy when your team disagree on the fundamentals!
Off to bed now, night all,
Lynne