The mask didn't beat me!!

This is fantastic news Alfie. I’ve watched your progress through these pages like a mother hen. I’m so pleased you’re through. The pain shouldn’t get much worse. It just lingers for a while. Best foot forward. Recovery begins sometimes backwards but you’ll get there. 

• Thank you. I have to say I'm sitting bed, frozen andc eel absolutely dreadful tonight.  This terrible mucous makes me feel do sick, and if I am.sick I think my throat will just collapse!  Its all so scarey.   .x

Try sipping little sips of warm water to thin the mucous. A bedside humidifier might help. In the day you could try a nebuliser. I never used one but managed by steaming my head over hot water. 
At night I slept with a kitchen roll under the pillow and spat into it through the night simply throwing bits on the floor. In the morning I collected them up into a paper bag and burnt it on the Rayburn. At first I spat a lot but it quickly got less and less. 
It’s horrid but it will get better 

Well done just hunker down for next few weeks. Yes go to coffee morning you might not be able to drink but am sure you can rattle the collection tin. As for mucus I had humidifier at night  and nebuliser during day and if I woke in night. Any consolation it goes as quickly as it came often replaced with dry mouth. But you’ll get there we all do. 
hugs Hazel x