Saliva /after effects

Hi Ozzie sadly there not much you can  do. Try drinking water or I found flat Diet Coke helped disperse some of the mucus or soda water if your mouth can take it. As for nebuliser I used it uo to 6 times a day plus was prescribed carbusistine to thin it .jury’s out if it worked but worth trying. I also used my fingers to pull the mucus out literally nit pleasant but needs must. It does give as quickly as it came often replaced with dry mouth. It’s the radiotherapy that’s the main culprit not chemo. Remember once treatment finishes you usually feel  pretty crap for a good few weeks so don’t plan doing too much I slept a lot if the time inbetween hydration and oral health care. 
Good luck with last week.

Hazel x

Try some menthol rub(vick) in nose and hover over boiling water with a towel over your head

Hi Ozzer,

I'm 4.5 weeks post treatment and had the most terrible mucous from about week 5 of RT (I had 7 weeks). Time scales will vary for the mucous to clear but I woke up Saturday morning (4 weeks post treatment) and had the driest mouth I can ever recall! It has all but cleared up as suddenly as it appeared! It will go, just needs time :)

Hi

my mum had very thick saliva/mucus during radiotherapy (tongue cancer, subtotal glossectomy and total neck dissection) which became really bad from about week 5 of radiotherapy onwards. We found using a humidifier overnight, frequent nebulisation plus using pink foam ‘lollipops’ to scoop out the saliva/mucus helped more than anything. She also has a g tube and is nil by mouth so couldn’t sip anything to help. 
For her the affects significantly reduced about 2 weeks after radiotherapy finished. She is now 5 months post radiotherapy and although still has problems with this, it is 100% better than it was. Fingers crossed you can find somethings that work for you and like mum you see things ease once therapy is finished!

take care