Jordan, I had pretty bad mucous/phlegm problems for about three months after treatment, although they got noticably better after about 6 weeks-two months and as soon as they got better when I didn't have gunk in my mouth, it was sandpaper-dry! I still get thicker-than-usual phlegm in my mouth that I have to spit out about once every 2-3 hours during the day and at least once at night I wake up to spit out gunk in the back of my throat (but I am sleeping without any head elevation anymore and sleep through pretty much fine otherwise, though I wake up very dry). When I had the bad phlegm I was constatnly rinsing with the salt water and baking soda solution. I also used the Tussin syrup with Guafenisin to break up the mucous a little. I didn't find the suction machine worked all that well for me because my mouth was still extremely sore on the inside and the scution thingue would grab on to cheek and gum tissue and that hurt, but everyone is different in terms of what works for them.

For a while I also sipped white tea quite a bit--not only is this good for your mouth in other ways but it has a drying effect and seemed to cut through the mucous a little. Now I can't drink it anymore because it dries up my mouth too much, but it worked well when I was in my phlegm-factory stage :rolleyes:

Nelie