I saw in a thread I was reading about keeping all of your questions together in you own thread so here goes. I have a few questions that maybe someone can help me with.

I am a base of tongue patient, stage 4. I have 6 rad treatments left and 1 final dose of chemo tomorrow. I was only taking 800mg Ibuprofen for pain up until a week or so ago when the tongue pain kicked in. They have put me on a patch that makes me feel kinda " weird ". Narcotica have a adverse reaction on me and make me stay awake. What I am wondering here is this, is there a non-narcotic med that any of you may know of ?

I also have just gotten a suction machine for this mucous that I have in my throat. Is there any " tricks " I need to know that may help me keep the mucous out of my throat. The only way I was getting it our was by vomiting it up and , wow, thats painful.

Ok, one final question. What seems to be the best thing for constipation that y'all have had experiences with ? I had a bout with constipation last week and I don't want no part of that again... LOL