Hi Lynn. I am responding to your message of 6/27/2006. It has been a month since your post and I was wondering if your husband's secretions have decreased. Like your husband, I had squamous cell carcinoma, but on my right tonsular area and just recently completed 35 radiation treatments and 7 chemo treatments - 1 each Monday consisting of Carboplatin and Taxol. My treatment ended July 19th and both my radiation oncologist and chemo oncologist advised me of the mucous secretions before treatment and that they should start subsiding about now (1-1/2 - 2 weeks after treatment). I have used a suction machine to help out when swallowing just isn't an option and the feeding tube has been invaluable. Please let me know if/when your husband's secretions have decreased. Will be praying for good news from your husband's PET scan. Good luck - Tom.