Carol it's a little different for each of us as far as the mucous goes. As long as the docs are aware of all you posted all you and hubby can do is ride it out. Alot of people have said they used a suction machine that really helped with the mucous. It was almost four weeks before I could go off my pain meds for the sore throat and I didn't start them until the last week of tx. Then at about the 4th week post tx the pain went away and I stopped my pain meds. Now I just try to stay on top of the thrush and try to eat solid food occasionally. I slept as much during the day as I did at night it seemed. I actually never had a huge build up of mucous. I don't know why. Hang in there. For me it seemed like it got a little tougher after tx. Although mid treatment was tough too because of nausea and weightloss and no peg. But it all could have been much worse.