Get the doc to write you a script for a portable suction machine to help get rid of the mucous. Insurance should cover and if it doesn't, they are somewhere between $20 to $40 a month to rent.

I did make it through wihout a peg, but very few do. I also did not have chemo. I lived on Ensure Plus. If the RO wants him to have the peg, he shouldn't wait too long. He needs all the nutrition he can get to heal properly. And just because he has one, he doesn't have to use it exclusively. He should keep trying to take as much as he can orally and must keep swallowing or he will lose his ability to swallow. Trismus can be another issue once you are on the peg. He should he stretching his jaw muscles - try yawning or similar.

Take care,
Eileen

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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I