Guest guest Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 i get that go to take a breath and the flapper doesn't open ,you hit the floor gasping so i figured with me and the ms the signals are a little slower getting there,,, so i just eat drink even breath slower. --- meowbaamooarf <zeet2000@...> wrote: --------------------------------- i don't really slur much. i did for a month here a month there but my problem is with misswallows. either food drink or saliva go down my trachea, and i cough violently( but it's hardly a cough. i lost the ability to cough normally 5 months ago) until i settle down. what the speech pathologist told me( i am in therapy with him, bio-feedback) was that when we swallow our larynx rises to close our airway, and the muscle responsible for this is weakened. this is a scary one because if one of my next symptoms is continued problems in this area, there is nothing that can be done that is not radical and just a chance at a short extension on ones life. i really hate this disease. joanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 You can go to the right chiropractor and he will give you exercises to strengthen the sphincter muscle. Now if you ask your doc, he will say I'm crazy but go to an alternative chiro and get help. [low dose naltrexone] Re: new symptom- doc says rare >i don't really slur much. i did for a month here a month there but my > problem is with misswallows. either food drink or saliva go down my > trachea, and i cough violently( but it's hardly a cough. i lost the > ability to cough normally 5 months ago) until i settle down. what the > speech pathologist told me( i am in therapy with him, bio-feedback) > was that when we swallow our larynx rises to close our airway, and the > muscle responsible for this is weakened. this is a scary one because > if one of my next symptoms is continued problems in this area, there > is nothing that can be done that is not radical and just a chance at a > short extension on ones life. i really hate this disease. > > joanna > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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