Cough and Mucus

Hi Sunshine. 

All these helped me. Tiny sips of water, fizzy spring water, diet ginger ale, steaming my head over a bowl of hot water with a towel wrapped round my head, pulling it out with my fingers (yuk sorry......or you can buy little sponges on sticks from pharmacy or Amazon). I did a lot of hawking and spitting and kept a kitchen roll by my bedside. I got to do it in my sleep looking at the amount dropped on the floor in the morning.

Others here have used a nebuliser, through the day. Some were lucky to get one from the hospital but most had to buy one. They are cheap enough. 

I tried a humidifier in the bedroom but apart from steaming up the windows it really didn't do much for me. Lots of people here swore by them. You can only try.

Finally I know a few who got a mucolytic drug called carbocysteine from their GP

It's relentless and it's because the water part of his saliva is being destroyed by the RT, leaving the mucous fraction of it alone. Mine stopped practically overnight at around 12 weeks

Hope some of this gives you food for thought 

Thank you Dani. That is very helpful. Yes his is mostly in the middle of the night. I will start with the bowl of hot water and go from there. Thanks again

Sleeping upright supported by a V-shaped pillow was helpful....Caphosol also helped ..  keeping a sick bowl handy is unfortunately a must 

Peter 

Thank you Peter.

I remember the mucus and intense salty taste well, the good news is that it really does go eventually.

I used to take frequent sips of water, but later on when i had less mouth pain (put still tonnes of mucus and a lot of dry throat issues) i used to take pastilles that helped with producing saliva.

I also slept on a v shape pillow support which helped.

Soda water helped me and a humidifier . 

A  nebuliser and ice cold coke helped me ,has I've started to smoke again it's all coming back ,

Hi Stick 

I smoked for 25 years, not easy to quit, stressful time for us.

Peter 

Me too. Stopped fifteen years ago. 
A smoking history reduces our risk of cure, even if it’s HPV. 
Increases risk of recurrence if you keep going too. I sometimes walk past somebody smoking and quite enjoy the waft of tobacco. 

Peter E said:

I smoked for 25 years

Stopped 30 years ago, started smoking when I was 15 stopped at 40, did enjoy it but realised it was not very clever, damage was done though... triple bypass and lifelong meds.... could have bought a Roller with the money blown into the air....even more expensive now.