Mucus making me throw up

Not sure how to help throwing up - that happened to my husband too. He drank Coke to clear his throat.

The good news is he is 30 days out and the thick mucus is gone. Amazing difference. Hope it is sooner for you.

I was the exact same way.  I carried a bag around with me and spit.  ALL.DAY.LONG.  It was awful, but if I swallowed the stuff, I'd vomit right away.  And it sure does HURT.  I had a PEG, but would still try to get water down my throat.  I would spit and rinse like crazy until it felt sort of cleared out and then eat or drink really fast.  I am so sorry you're dealing with this!  I noticed I was spitting less and less and honestly one day it just was almost gone.  Hang in there!!

cureitall66 said:

Suction Machine

Jamie,

You need to get a suction machine from a medical supply place. It helps tremendously on getting the mucus out. It's like a little vaccum that you use when needed. You can't spit enough for as good as this machine is!!! You won't regret it...

Good luck....it will get better...but hard to break that stuff down. We recommend the machine...

~C

Is that caused from the radiation, surgery or chemo? I know many others have had the same issue but that was one bullet I dodged. Hoping it passes quickly for you.

Hey Jamie,Don't know what I can say about mucus problem,I had peg tube but did have a lot of mucus had to carry cup in every corner of house and car,Have you called your doctor maybe it's also some thrush added had that a lot and I had a lot in my throat too.That was always making me sick,Couldn't hardly keep anything down from that junk,was trying to keep my throat muscle's working right so was trying to eat eggs and gravy and swallow water and jellow (almost gave all those up forever).Anyway hope you get to feeling better

spector551 said:

Thanks all

On my follow up with my onc, he gave me a certain type of steriod that is supposed to reduce the inflammation and the mucus. He also gave me a steriod during my fluid IV today, and it made a big difference. I could tell that the mucus I was making after drinking 8oz of SPIZ was much less than yesterday. I hate to buy a suction machine to use for another week to two weeks (that how long the doc thinks I will have to deal with the problem in a major way - he said the inside of the throat usually matches the outside of the throat and the outside of my throat is nearly healed). God is good! I will see how the steriods perform and then will buy the machine if needed

 

BTW, if you guys (still in treatment) don't have any SPIZ, I recommend that you try it. It mixes with water instead of milk and it gives a lot of nutrients. I found that it didn't inflame my mucus nearly as much as Ensure, Boost, Carnation, etc - it also didn't hurt nearly as bad going down. As a plus, it is already loaded with L-Glutamine. Google search SPIZ and go to their website.

 

God bless,

 

Jamie 

 

P.S. Next Tuesday I will be finished with week 8! God is good!

 

 

Hello my friend, I am so sorry you are hurting, I try drinking water through to help with the mucus, but you are right it it difficult, I gagged up some as Matt has said and it was just the ensure - I hope you heal quickly and am so happy you are at the end of your treatments -

Still paving for me - you are blessed

Steve

That happened to me too. I would cough my head off then throw up a bunch of mucus. Happended quite often and left me shaking. I have a trache too and contantly there was mucus, all day and night.  Which seemed like forever, finally the mucus is practically gone (4 months after treatment ended) and mostly I think it's the nature of the trache mostly causing it now.  Doc says there is still a lot of watery stuff around the swelling  of my larynx though.