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zac111
03-13-2007, 11:28 PM
i have a question about bublar onset als is it haveing trouble with swallowing food are with just regular swalloing of salavi?i swallow any food fine and drink but when it comes to just swallowing salavi i have problems its weird because before all this started i never even noticed swallowing unless i was eating are drinking.

Al
03-14-2007, 01:49 AM
I don't have bulbar symptoms but if I choke' 9 times out of 10 it is just on saliva.
AL.

zac111
03-14-2007, 09:00 PM
thanks al i dont choke but it seems hard to swallow weird i guess sometimes its just plain hard to start the whole prosess this with lower neuron signs my doc found in my arms just aint a good sign.


    
   
   
   
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