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@krisohlson Thanks for replying back . So I guess once you get radiation you radiate for life..In other words it keeps working on you. My last throat radiation was in 2022 and I noticed my inside upper gums near my teeth or the roof of my mouth gets blistered now and then. This only started less than a year ago. I have had this mucous problem since after radiation which is coming from "above" the roof of my mouth 24/7. I am constantly snorting to get it out. I also use that nasal saline spray that helps getting it to slowly ooze out..Mucous won't come out by blowing my nose because it's thick. It feels like a marble above my soft palate which is obstructing my swallowing even after I get rid of it. I can swallow little gulps of water if I turn my neck to the left. I am seeing a speech therapist for the swallow exercises.

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@gareee314 Follow the directions of your therapist. Do your exercises!
I had a mucous problem too. 2/3 of the way through radiation treatment in 2010, I had developed a runaway sinus problem. It was bad. It slowed to a point I could live with it after I had a stroke. I recovered from the stoke (4 days in the hospital) and when back to work. My mucous was thick as well. Now that I can't swallow at all, I gargle, hack & spit constantly. If you can improve your swallowing, maybe you start swallowing you mucous.