KinzaDAF
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2009
- Messages
- 151
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Country
- US
- State
- Illinois
- City
- Naperville
Hello everyone,
My father ( age 78 ) was diagnosed last November with bulbar palsy. ( He'd been having symptoms since July, so it has now been one year since symptoms began. ) Symptoms began with slurred speech. By March his speech was very difficult to understand but we could pretty much figure it out if he spoke slowly. In July speech became unintelligible, though he continues to carry on talking anyway. He is coughing a lot and my mom says that when Dad eats/drinks, it comes back up "like a shower". It seems to *me that things are progressing very quickly, but I have nothing to use as a frame of reference. I am hoping someone here will be able to help me figure out what this pace of progression may mean. I don't know how much more time Dad has. IS this a quick change/decline?
Also:
Dad has an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic next Friday, August 7th. If anyone has been there, what can we expect to happen at the first visit. ( I have heard that a team approach is used. )
Thank you all for any help.
Debbie
KinzaDAF
My father ( age 78 ) was diagnosed last November with bulbar palsy. ( He'd been having symptoms since July, so it has now been one year since symptoms began. ) Symptoms began with slurred speech. By March his speech was very difficult to understand but we could pretty much figure it out if he spoke slowly. In July speech became unintelligible, though he continues to carry on talking anyway. He is coughing a lot and my mom says that when Dad eats/drinks, it comes back up "like a shower". It seems to *me that things are progressing very quickly, but I have nothing to use as a frame of reference. I am hoping someone here will be able to help me figure out what this pace of progression may mean. I don't know how much more time Dad has. IS this a quick change/decline?
Also:
Dad has an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic next Friday, August 7th. If anyone has been there, what can we expect to happen at the first visit. ( I have heard that a team approach is used. )
Thank you all for any help.
Debbie
KinzaDAF