OK. I'm sorry to move this to the top again but it's two weeks later, FIVE weeks since the end of rad (over a month) and I STILL have a ton of phlegm I am spitting out. When does this become abnormal? I have been patienty wiating for it to just disappear as others have said it would, and I wil say it seems to have lessened in volume on most days but it has definitelyu NOT disappeared.

My ENT last week suggested I take Mucinex (Guaifenisin) to thin the phlegm somewhat so I don't gag and get the heaves on a daily basis (which was what was happening) and that does appear to have thinned it somewheat so that I am able to swallow it sometimes but then when enough of it gets in my stomach I get nausea and vomit from that!

I also still have lots of painful mouth sores and am not ingesting much through my mouth except green tea iced tea but even that is hard because when I swallow it, I swallow phlegm and then, again, there's phlegm in my syomach that builds up to the point it makes me sick.

Some days are better and some are worse and I'm writing this after a bad period--I have vomited from phlegm 4 times in the last day and 1/2. Before that I had about a day and 1/2 with no vomiting (though lots of pitting of course) But I just want to know if there's anything else I can do to get rid of this or if it is becoming a sign of something abnormal.

I also am taking salagen to increase my saliva and I haven't really noticed that helping or hurting the phlegm, though I did stop taking it yesterday for 24 hours when I seemed to be having more phlegm. It didn't make much difference.

I'm also taking a magic mouthwash mix, which stings the mouth sores , but has nystatin to control thrush. Sometimes the phlegm is yellow, sometimes clear, sometimes brownish (I think that might be from the iced tea). Does color make a difference?