Unable to swallow now.

[Cat-gal]

My husband had to go back into hospital a few days ago as he was unable to swallow the phlegm he was getting and is currently having his meds powdered and fed into him via a tube. Anyone else experiencing this?

[TK-67]

I noticed no one had responded to you, how are things?

Problems with swallowing can be common, sadly it's part of the progression of the disease. With mum, she struggled for a long time with some drugs so we had liquid paracetamol & made decisions about some things we felt weren't helping and withdrew them. She had a advised early after discussions with her consultant that she didn't want a feeding tube if she could no longer swallow too.

[Cat-gal in reply to TK-67]

Unfortunately he had to have a feeding tube put in and yesterday they were going to change it for a Peg tube, so I'll soo how he's doing when I speak to him this morning.

[TK-67 in reply to Cat-gal]

I hope all will be well. Sadly I've been through this stage too, it's hard, make sure you look after you too.

[TK-67]

If you need any advice, please feel free to message me.