I will be starting my 3rd week of radiotherapy tomorrow for tonsil cancer however in the meantime I am having a big issue with very thick mucus. It does not help that I also suffer from nasal drip. The mucus tends to make me gag if I lie on my back.
I am still eating what I can via my mouth although swallowing is now getting quite painful and I really struggled yesterday to swallow scrambled egg. When I saw the dietician on Thursday I was told it was probably too early for me to be fed via the PEG. When drinking liquid like water I tend to swallow a lot of air with it and then later a massive burp. About 4 times a day I rinse my mouth with a saline solution and also use Mucosaim after rinsing my mouth.
This morning was the worst for the thick mucus and eventually I had to get out of bed early to build up of thethick mucus. When lying on the table for treatment initially I have an issue was can feel the mucus in the back of my throat and trying to swallow it is extremely uncomfortable and difficult.
Why is it that on a weekend when they are closed you seem to have more issues than normal? LOL! Is there anything that can be done to thin out the mucus even if I have to go to Boots?
