 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Hi Geri:
Congrats on the treatments ending. Now onto the healing. Next couple weeks will still be difficult, but it soon will get better for your husband.
For the mucous, try making a mouth rinse for him. Its aprox. 2 cups water w/ 1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp salt. Omit the salt if it bothers his mouth. Have him rinse with that at least 5 times per day. Try also taking musinex or robitussin cold meds. Just be careful to ask the doc or pharmacist abotu any drug interactions before taking.
Best of luck with your husbands continued improvement. You are a great caregiver.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
