Guest guest Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Thanks for this tip Simmel. I thought that keeping your head up would help too. Mom refused to swallow her pills for nearly a year now so we bought a pill crusher at the pharmacy to help her out. I pour a little of her juice in a spoon with her meds and I can usually get her to take her meds. Did Liam have to eat this way too when the swallowing becomes an every day problem? Courage Re: Re:singing >Liam had voice problems as well as having some difficulty in swallowing. Took him for testing and she told him to take one pill at a time and if they were giving him a problem to lower his chin to his chest. It worked in spite of the fact that I always thought one looked up to help this problem. We both learned something! >Simmel > Re:singing > > > Patti, > > In my LBD Stages project, one of the questions is regarding a raspy > or whispery voice. Many folks responded that their loved ones did > indeed have vocal problems of some type. My father has laryngitis > of some type on a consistent basis for absolutely no reason. > > So, I thumb my nose to the doctor who said those unkind words to you! > > With love, > > > > > > hdllo all > > > i have noticed that daddy is having more trouble talking, but he > > has always > > > loved singing, as i do. not that we are 'in tune' when we sing > but > > we enjoy > > > it. and me being the crazy lady, manytimes i make up/change > words > > to songs. > > > for ex we all live in the purple submarine purple submareibne > the > > purple > > > submarine. and dad sings along with me, even with the 'new' > words. > > we especially > > > like to sing christmas carols, and when dad wants to sing, but > cant > > remember > > > words, he will humm to me, my cue to start singing something. > our > > repotoire > > > includes row your boat, o christmas tree, winterwonderland. > jingle > > bells. dad > > > enjoys it immensely, and relaxes if he is in a uptight mood, > > > > > > i dont know if anyone has noticed this, or if this will help, > but > > thought i > > > would share it, just in case!!! > > > sharon m > > > > > > a smile a day keeps the meanies away!!! > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 No, fortunately or unfortunately he never reached that point; however the therapist who we saw suggested this if things became more difficult. I cut things into small pieces when it came time to eat...he could use a fork with help...if it were finger food he would often eat his fingers as well as the food. Simmel Re:singing > > > Patti, > > In my LBD Stages project, one of the questions is regarding a raspy > or whispery voice. Many folks responded that their loved ones did > indeed have vocal problems of some type. My father has laryngitis > of some type on a consistent basis for absolutely no reason. > > So, I thumb my nose to the doctor who said those unkind words to you! > > With love, > > > > > > hdllo all > > > i have noticed that daddy is having more trouble talking, but he > > has always > > > loved singing, as i do. not that we are 'in tune' when we sing > but > > we enjoy > > > it. and me being the crazy lady, manytimes i make up/change > words > > to songs. > > > for ex we all live in the purple submarine purple submareibne > the > > purple > > > submarine. and dad sings along with me, even with the 'new' > words. > > we especially > > > like to sing christmas carols, and when dad wants to sing, but > cant > > remember > > > words, he will humm to me, my cue to start singing something. > our > > repotoire > > > includes row your boat, o christmas tree, winterwonderland. > jingle > > bells. dad > > > enjoys it immensely, and relaxes if he is in a uptight mood, > > > > > > i dont know if anyone has noticed this, or if this will help, > but > > thought i > > > would share it, just in case!!! > > > sharon m > > > > > > a smile a day keeps the meanies away!!! > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 be careful smooshing pills, some are not made to be crushed due to timed release. so alwayscheck wiht your pharmacist before doing that. just a friendly reminder, sharon m a smile a day keeps the meanies away!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Putting the crushed pills in a spoonful of applesauce, pudding or yogurt also helps get them down. We had to do that for mom and now for dad. M > >Reply-To: LBDcaregivers >To: <LBDcaregivers > >Subject: Swallowing/Simmel >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:27:51 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Sender: gaat@... >Received: from n21.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.77]) by >mc10-f30.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Wed, 14 Jul >2004 12:37:27 -0700 >Received: from [66.218.66.27] by n21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jul >2004 19:29:59 -0000 >Received: (qmail 11883 invoked from network); 14 Jul 2004 19:29:56 -0000 >Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; >14 Jul 2004 19:29:56 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO budah.vif.com) (216.239.64.153) by >mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Jul 2004 19:29:56 -0000 >Received: from gaat (ip216-239-79-246.vif.net [216.239.79.246])by >budah.vif.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with SMTP id i6EJSZqc020743for ><LBDcaregivers >; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:28:36 -0400 >(EDT)(envelope-from gaat@...) >X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jHVvusd9mS/j34TFcBJDCk3 >X-eGroups-Return: >sentto-2141318-32142-1089833397-cat86443=hotmail.com@... >X-Apparently-To: LBDcaregivers >Message-ID: <023f01c469e1$09ae6a40$f64fefd8@gaat> >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >X-vif-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information >X-vif-MailScanner: Found to be clean >X-MailScanner-From: gaat@... >X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 216.239.64.153 >X-Yahoo-Profile: twodogsand3cats >Mailing-List: list LBDcaregivers ; contact >LBDcaregivers-owner >Delivered-To: mailing list LBDcaregivers >Precedence: bulk >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:LBDcaregivers-unsubscribe > >Return-Path: >sentto-2141318-32142-1089833397-cat86443=hotmail.com@... >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jul 2004 19:37:27.0693 (UTC) >FILETIME=[FECDB3D0:01C469D9] > >Thanks for this tip Simmel. I thought that keeping your head up would help >too. Mom refused to swallow her pills for nearly a year now so we bought a >pill crusher at the pharmacy to help her out. I pour a little of her juice >in a spoon with her meds and I can usually get her to take her meds. Did >Liam have to eat this way too when the swallowing becomes an every day >problem? >Courage > > Re: Re:singing > > > >Liam had voice problems as well as having some difficulty in swallowing. >Took him for testing and she told him to take one pill at a time and if >they >were giving him a problem to lower his chin to his chest. It worked in >spite >of the fact that I always thought one looked up to help this problem. We >both learned something! > >Simmel > > Re:singing > > > > > > Patti, > > > > In my LBD Stages project, one of the questions is regarding a raspy > > or whispery voice. Many folks responded that their loved ones did > > indeed have vocal problems of some type. My father has laryngitis > > of some type on a consistent basis for absolutely no reason. > > > > So, I thumb my nose to the doctor who said those unkind words to you! > > > > With love, > > > > > > > > > > hdllo all > > > > i have noticed that daddy is having more trouble talking, but he > > > has always > > > > loved singing, as i do. not that we are 'in tune' when we sing > > but > > > we enjoy > > > > it. and me being the crazy lady, manytimes i make up/change > > words > > > to songs. > > > > for ex we all live in the purple submarine purple submareibne > > the > > > purple > > > > submarine. and dad sings along with me, even with the 'new' > > words. > > > we especially > > > > like to sing christmas carols, and when dad wants to sing, but > > cant > > > remember > > > > words, he will humm to me, my cue to start singing something. > > our > > > repotoire > > > > includes row your boat, o christmas tree, winterwonderland. > > jingle > > > bells. dad > > > > enjoys it immensely, and relaxes if he is in a uptight mood, > > > > > > > > i dont know if anyone has noticed this, or if this will help, > > but > > > thought i > > > > would share it, just in case!!! > > > > sharon m > > > > > > > > a smile a day keeps the meanies away!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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