Re: Ok, another swallowing question...Update...Revised

[Guest guest]

I got the written report of the MBS and it shows aspiration with both

thin and thick liquids. They must have reviewed the video again after

I left.

I'm still hopeful that it will resolve like it has in the past.

L

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> MBS Update: It didn't tell us anything we didn't already know. 

Major difficulty with the swallow process.  It didn't show an

aspiration but even if it did, there's no strategy that will improve

the swallow.  She was concerned about my nutrition as I am only

having one meal (dinner) on work days so I can avoid suctioning at

work.  I've only lose one pound is two months so I am not worried

about that.  Hungry but not worried.

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> Am I making any improvements?  If we had to measure in some way,

over these few weeks we were suctioning every hour at night and now

it's about once or twice a night so I'll call that an improvement and

am hopeful that I'll return to no suctioning (unless I'm sick).

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> Lori

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[Guest guest]

Would you all be interested in the swallowing exercises the speech pathologist

gave me and my Mother to try (she has severe dysphagia from some unknown cause

as of yet)? Doug