Phlegm/Stomach

Oh how I'd love to return the day when Phlegm made me recall the Monty Python routine in which there was a contest to come up with an insensitive name for the Belgians--the Phlegms (probably more properly the Flems) and the Sprouts took second and third place. Hell, where is that Way Back machine when you need it?

So here's my story. My boyfriend is heading down the stretch with 2 cisplatin treatments and 26 radiation treatments under his belt and a finish date of June 28. No PEG and through last Thursday he was eating--plain pizza and french fries, for example--though it all tasted like trash. Pain is manageable. The problem is with mucus, the icky taste in his mouth, and his perception that the mucus is sliding down his throat into his stomach and thus spreading the ickiness and making him feel full and thus disinclined to eat.

Has anyone experienced this and come up with a trick to fake it all out on either end? We just used Magic Mouthwash to anesthesize what's left of his taste buds and he downed an instant breakfast. Major victory.

Let me also express my gratitude to you out-of-treatment guys who stay with this board and give perspective and hope to so many. When things get a little bleak around here I have been known to quote Hondo and Skiffin AKA that guy with a fish. Some boy scouts get little old ladies across the street, others post to this board. Many thanks to all.

Regards,

Nancy