Nancy, please try not to look towards a schedule when the bad side affects will begin. It will make you have a more difficult time of things. Everyone is different and some members did fairly well until about week 5 or 6, while others struggled from the first week.

The thick gunk will continue for a while. You can get suctioned out when you see the doc. Or ask a radiation nurse to do this for you. Some members have gotten a portable suction machine from a medical supply company with a doctors prescription.

Ask your doc to check out the node. It could be anything. This has even happened to my then 20 year old son. Turned out to be nothing.

Hang in there, we got your back