Tickly Cough

I would just call your CSN nurse and if they think it needs to be checked they will say.  It could be there's an infection looming or may have been zapped so much its inflamed.

Best wishes,

Sue

HI Brandygirl,  im afraid that this cough has caused the mucus to have blood in it as he has most probably burst a vessel , which will fix itself . you could mention it to someone from your consultants team so at least its recorded that way . He will get better in time , you ask the hospital if they have a nebuliser he could borrow as this can help break down the mucus , I have found it handy in the past .  I also think you can buy them quite cheaply , failing that try breathing in vick vapour over a hot bowl as this does similar . Best wishes ,take care.

                                                                                Chris x

Hi Chris

Sos just seen your post.  Will try the vick vapour.  Seeing oncologist next tuesday so will ask about nebuliser.  Did ask him before about any treatments to help with the gunky stuff and he said 'no'.  Will see what he says tuesday.  

Cheers

Hi brandygirl.

Finished myself a week ago and developed a cough which results in the mixture of muscus and blood I'm afraid. 

Mentioned it to my Macmillan team and like I thought was a combination of the coughing but also the interior throat with all the past radiation. 

I have use of a nebuliser which I'm using about three times a day plus also the syrup which helps break it up. 

It comes and go ,sometimes the blood can appear first thing in the morning or mebbe later on ,but was assured it was perfectly normal and to be expected. 

Cough is weird,sounds like a chest cough but is confined to throat, hoping by end of second week the mucus will start to trail off and thus help with sleeping at night a bit more.

Some people also have a humidifier in the bedroom but I haven't felt the need for that .

Tell him keep pushing on,I do think for me anyway setting small goals like in a weeks time I hope the coughing better or celebrating small wins helps

Like for me I've been lucky this far and stayed on co-codamol for pain,but on the downside failed miserably with food intake orally and have everything thru RIG,so hopefully once I can say goodbye to the coughing and mucus I will up my game with getting back to proper food,which my macmillan team endorse and help with

Enjoy your weekend!

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Thank you very helpful reply.  At moment hubby gone from a decent soft diet to everything down the peg in a week so big shock  

I wish you well on your journey over the coming weeks.

Hi BrandyGirl,

Firstly, I've been through exactly this with my husband this year.  He was diagnosed on the 8th Feb. He is still in recovery and got the 'all clear' on the 16th August.  He is also HPV16+.

I won't lie to you, this is a hard slog and every day saw me panic about something.  My husband's gunk was pink tinged at one point and it sent me into a tailspin, but apparently its normal.  His pink tinged gunk only lasted a week/10 days and the hacking cough scared me.  We spoke to his consultant, radiographers and the Macmillan nurse.  For your own re-assurance, speak to one of them  as opposed to your doctor purely because they have more experience.  Not only that, one thing I have found out is that they can pump you full of chemo and roast you with radiotherapy, but the body is a very individual thing and it goes at its own pace.

I found it horrendous, tiring, frightening.  It tested me in every way imagineable, but please hang in there and stay strong.  I hope this helps you in some small way.

Hi Tracy 6467.  Your last paragragh is exactly how its been and yes your comments have helped. It has been two weeks of this gunk but it has got steadily worse day by day.  I try to take it one day at a time and deal with whatever that day thows up.  

Thanks for sharing your experiences.