Sue- Thanks again for sharing your experiences, knowlege and time.
I am so beside myself in terms of what I am producing and that it is constant.
Throughout the day I will have a feeling of a "lump" in my throat and am constantly clearing it out by sucking it up and out and sometimes cough it out.
What I bring up and out ususally has three layers as seen by using a medical clear specimen cup.'
The "sputum", substance that I bring up and out, the three layers, are
Top Layer: Foamy White and bubbly,
Middle Layer: Clear in color and
Bottom Layer: Light grayish in color and can have or not have tiny white specs or tiny yellow specs of what I believe to be some of what one would think of as parts of mucus plugs.
I tried chewing a 1/4 piece of gum and found that it helps, usually, to stop the feeling of a "lump" in my throat and the need to clear it out. For some reason it does help me from feeling I have to clear my throat and get out what I believe to be sputum out.
It is hard for me to huff cough and expect to get anything up and out other than what is clear, bubbly and gel like in substance.
I was lucky that with the help of a respiratory therapist last week when I huff coughed three good mucus plugs. I can't seem to do it on my own.
Question: Do you know, have any idea about the three layers I described AND what others mean when they talk of constantly bringing up a substance etc. through out the day????