Comments on: Dysphagia and Swallowing Disorders http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/2009/06/14/dysphagia-and-swallowing-disorders/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Our Stroke Recovery Journey Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:26:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/2009/06/14/dysphagia-and-swallowing-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-4610 Kathy Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:37:16 +0000 http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/?p=180#comment-4610 Mary, Oh my! Your sister certainly has been through a lot! Here is a <a href="http://www.strokesafe.org/e-mail_lists.html" rel="nofollow">link to an email stroke support group</a> that may help Jan find others who are dealing with the type of swallowing issues she is having. She is not alone, and I hope she'll be able to connect with someone soon. I'll be praying. Kathy Mary, Oh my! Your sister certainly has been through a lot! Here is a link to an email stroke support group that may help Jan find others who are dealing with the type of swallowing issues she is having. She is not alone, and I hope she’ll be able to connect with someone soon. I’ll be praying.

Kathy

]]> By: Mary Herrity http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/2009/06/14/dysphagia-and-swallowing-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-4609 Mary Herrity Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:01:59 +0000 http://www.strokesurvivorblog.com/?p=180#comment-4609 It has been over a year since my sister,Jan suffered a stroke that left her with the inability to swallow AT ALL. She cannot even swallow her own saliva and spends the day spitting into Kleenex or suctioning. Along with this, has balance issues but is now walking on her own in the house-cannot do stairs. She also has left side issues in her arm. One of her eyes has no nerve inervation and it resulted in a nasty infection--finally had to close her eye with stitches. I am interested in finding others who have swallowing difficulty for my sister to connect with. In the last year, she has been through all sorts of therapy--including a cricopharangeal myotomy(cutting of a muscle inside her throat). She is still is not swallowing. If anyone knows of another stroke survivor with a history of swallowing issues that would like to correspond with my sister, please respond. Until my sister, I had no idea people who had strokes had swallowing issues. Continue blessings and success for your journey. Thanks for the blog. Mary It has been over a year since my sister,Jan suffered a stroke that left her with the inability to swallow AT ALL. She cannot even swallow her own saliva and spends the day spitting into Kleenex or suctioning. Along with this, has balance issues but is now walking on her own in the house-cannot do stairs. She also has left side issues in her arm. One of her eyes has no nerve inervation and it resulted in a nasty infection–finally had to close her eye with stitches.

I am interested in finding others who have swallowing difficulty for my sister to connect with. In the last year, she has been through all sorts of therapy–including a cricopharangeal myotomy(cutting of a muscle inside her throat). She is still is not swallowing.

If anyone knows of another stroke survivor with a history of swallowing issues that would like to correspond with my sister, please respond.

Until my sister, I had no idea people who had strokes had swallowing issues. Continue blessings and success for your journey.

Thanks for the blog.

Mary

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