RE: swallowing difficulties?

January 21, 2004

Greetings!

I recently noticed swallowing problems last year. I won't touch huge

vitamins or big pills in general because my throat will begin to

contract depite drinking big gulps of H20. So it's Flinstone

chewables for me :>.

Nadine

> At what age did you notice swallowing becoming a problem? I ask

because I

> think I do really well (I'm more cautious about chewing thoroughly

though) and

> am wondering if I should expect problems as I get older. When I

was pregnant

> swallowing my own saliva was a challenge, even healthy women

experience an

> increase due the the major fluid increase. By the end, I wish I

had had a g-tube,

> but unfortunately it wouldn't have even been possible to HAVE one

because of

> how huge my tummy was.

>

> *Amy*

> Mother to Caitlyn Mae - born to heaven 3/26/98

> Olivia Isabelle - born to earth 9/18/03

> Wife to Will 11/03/95

>

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