Jen, I went back and read the posts that were made when you were undergoing "Flem attacks" (good description). There's some good advice there. I actually found Mucinex in pill form and tried it the other day but didn't notice a big change--maybe I need to give it a day or two. Actually, though, it may be that it did make my mucous thinner but didn't make it sit any easier on my stomach!

I just had a really full scale episode of gagging from a big gob of mucous then vomiting and I think most of what I vomited was more mucous already in my stomach! It's been almost 2 hours since my last tube feed so I think most of that got through. Anyway, I have nine more days (about a week and 1/2) of radiation left and one more chemo but then I know there are weeks after that when I'll also be dealing with this.

It seems like an eternity in front of me with no clear end in sight. I was really struck by something you said when you were close tothis point in that other thread:

"I just wish I had a "feel good" point. Half the time I'm surprised I made it this far, but man.....I'm not about to take feeling good for granted anymore.

I just wish I could predict a day that I can say "hey.. I feel good"

Maybe that will come in a couple months."

And my question is, when DID that point come for you? I mean even for like half a day or something? I just need to know, realistically, what a recovery after the treatment is over looks like. I've heard what Gary said--3 weeks of feeling worse and then improvement in three week increments BUT, for example, when did MOST of the flem episodes go away (I know you say you still have them once in a while but hopefully not nearly like they were then)?

I think I rememeber reading somewhere here that you also had neck surgery after the radiation, which I won't face, I had mine before, but I'm still interested in how things felt for you after the rad and chemo.