Jamie,
When the mucous was really bad the hospital prescribed me a Yankauer suction device ( similar to what the dentist uses to suck up water in your mouth). I kept it by my bed at night and by my easy chair during the day and it was somehow easier than going through so many tissues.

Danny G.


Stage IV Base of Tongue SCC
Diagnosed July 1, 2002, chemo and radiation treatments completed beginning of Sept/02.