can't swallow

My father seems to be having more bad days then good anymore. He can not talk or swallow at all. He has had a feeding tube since January but is still losing weight. He feeds several times a day but can seem to even gain a pound. He slobber lots and has a suction machine because he is always full...

As some of you know I have run the gamut of doctors and tests since my illness last summer that began with severe cramps and fasiculations in both calves and feet. Later in the fall I began to occaissionally choke on saliva and have some minor difficulty with swallowing. Severe anxiety and...

I went to my regular doctor on Wednesday and voiced my cocerns. He seems to think that my anxiety is causing most of my symptoms. I can't say that I blame him for feeling this way because I am a very anxious person who has dealt with health anxiety for many years. My symptoms are still: stiff...

First off I'm new to the site. My name is Kristopher and my mom was diagnosed with ALS in January of 2006. The doctors told us she had it for about a year when she was diagnosed. My mother seems to be at her end and recently we moved on from having visiting nurses too hospice. When the...

My wife has ALS. She has had it for 18 months. She has a very rapid progression. At this point, she is confined to a wheelchair to move around the house, she only gets out of bed to use the bathroom or shower ( which i have to help her with both) she can't speak anymore, she can't swallow...

hi everyone. i don't have much to say or ask. just having a spurt of bad feelings about my aunt. she's not doing so great. choking at night. can't swallow her food very well. i don't know how to approach the idea of a feeding tube with her. everyone is still trying to pretend she's fine...

:shock: Today, when I awoke, I could not sit up. I was shocked and stressed because I always managed to get up and get dressed. My dietician told me last month, that 8 cans of liquid isocal were enough calories for each 24 hr period. But that is the only food my body gets. I cannot swallow...