 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 642 | Jan,
The mucous begins to thin also. I slept with a yankauer suction machine next to my bed that I would use to clear the mucous each time that it woke me up. A few months later I no longer needed it and began complaining about the dry mouth waking me up instead of the mucous. This too will pass.
Danny G.
Stage IV Base of Tongue SCC
Diagnosed July 1, 2002, chemo and radiation treatments completed beginning of Sept/02.
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