Hi

It's 7 weeks since my radio therapy finished, I had every day for 4 weeks. I've had 4 bouts of coughing, starts with a tickle in my throat, goes for for about 5 mins, yes I gag too and had a bout this evening. I had just finished my dinner, all that came up was frothy mucus. Had a coughing fit sat just gone, do hope its not going to be a regular thing, just wish the exoerts would say one way or other whether it will pass or its something thats always there now. First time it happened it was very scary as i couldnt get my breath and i live alone. Then it started one night while i was asleep and woke me up. I mentioned it to my consultant yesterday, he never said this was normal, just said I probably had a dry throat. Unfortunately I can't help you on how to prevent this but it is reassuring to know it's common. I'm going back onto morphine as I'm coming off the patches. I go back to see my ENT consultant in about 6 weeks, hopefully the radio therapy worked. I had lump removed begin of Feb stage one. My voice is getting stronger by the day, glad to say I'm eating normal. I still have to be careful not to take to large a mouthfuls of food or drink, as a few times it went done the wrong way. I do hope you are heading in the right direction. Take care