Ray

Two things worked for me, but for different mucous issues.
The first one was a home suction machine that sucked up the mucous after the surgery but it was flowing pretty thick.. However this time around, the mucous does "hang up" somewhere in my head and just drips down so slowly that the suction machine cannot help. I bought a WaterPik flosser but that does not clear out that "hidden" "hanging" mucous. The choking feeling is terrible.
Right now, I am sleeping sitting up, I have one very large pillow that I angle over top of two regular pillows so I sleep sitting up basically. That seems to be the only way to avoid choking during the night and then not sleeping.
Hang in there,
Charm