Thank you to all of you who responded regarding the mucous problem my husband is having. I so appreciate your quick replies, and although I can't say there is much encouragement at least he will know he is not alone in fighting this problem. He was using the baking soda mixture but seeing not improvement over a month's time, he stopped. He has had a swallow video done so there would be a benchmark he could work from in using his esophogus muscles, and he is going back for the second video next week. The first video revealed his epiglottis was not working, so he aspirates each time he swallows. He puts his chin to his chest each time he swallows because the therapist told him he would be least likely to aspirate using that method. He will also re-visit the speech therapist next week. He has has exercises to do to strengthen the back of his tongue, which will help strengthen the muscles that allow him to swallow. We will try the humidifier to see if that helps him with the mucus, so thanks for that suggestion. I'll let everyone know what we find out after the swallow video.