NHAMM
Active member
- Joined
- Mar 15, 2010
- Messages
- 50
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Diagnosis
- 02/2010
- Country
- US
- State
- TN
- City
- Jackson
My mother has ALS, bulbar onset. She was diagnosed back in Feb., it gets harder each day to see her go down in some way. I am needing advice now on something new. She has the Bipap and the cough assist, it has been hard getting her to use these but she has gotten better about it. Here lately her cough has gotten worse. Sometimes she just has coughing spells but she cannot get anything up, she said sometimes it feels like she needs to reach back there and get stuff out of her throat, I have also noticed a gurgling sound some times in her throat. She also is having a lot of trouble with drooling. She is on ampitriptylene(not sure if spelled right), she said the roof of her mouth is very dry but the bottom is not. Does anyone have any suggestions of anything to help either of these issues?
Any advice is appreciated, God Bless,
Any advice is appreciated, God Bless,