My daughter is in her 5th week of a 7 week round of chemo/radiation for SCC in base of tongue, tonsils, neck lymph nodes.

She is so very ill from the radiation/chemo treatments she couldn't even go for treatments the last couple of days. She has a central line and a feeding tube. The problem is that she continually vomits, due to the phlegm/gagging. She will not swallow anything. Blood in vomit. She has not slept for 2 days and is exhausted. Is there anything that can be done to reduce the amount of phlegm that she is gagging on.

We all feel so helpless. Her husband says that he doesn't want her to finish the treatments for fear that they will kill her. We all know she needs to finish, and she does too, but she just can't handle it.

Any ideas to help her with phlegm & gagging?

Thanks!