julialee23
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- Jul 16, 2014
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- Loved one DX
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- US
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- Oregon
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- Jacksonville
Hello,
I would like to know what a sudden gag reflex taking pills or eating even small pieces of food means. I don't think it happens all the time (not me, but my loved one) and it is very recent. Her voice is quite weak but breathing is fine although sometimes she has a very labored cough.
Is this the start of symptoms that will prevent eating? She isn't eating enough as it is, has become quite thin and pale. She is often complaining of feeling generally unwell - upset stomach and such and has taken to sitting in her robe instead of getting up properly with a bath and changing into clothes.
We try to tempt her out of the house with her power wheel chair but despite having been an outdoor person, in the last week she seems to be completely house bound.
Her walking is more labored - she has definitely lost leg strength and it is much harder for her to get out of chairs and into her walker, but her arm strength seems unchanged.
I fear that she is wasting away, but all attempts to get her to eat more or at least higher calorie food is met with resistance.
My main question I think is, does the gag reflex mark the onset of the disease progressing to the upper regions? if this is the case, I worry that we won't be able to reverse her decline at all.
I would like to know what a sudden gag reflex taking pills or eating even small pieces of food means. I don't think it happens all the time (not me, but my loved one) and it is very recent. Her voice is quite weak but breathing is fine although sometimes she has a very labored cough.
Is this the start of symptoms that will prevent eating? She isn't eating enough as it is, has become quite thin and pale. She is often complaining of feeling generally unwell - upset stomach and such and has taken to sitting in her robe instead of getting up properly with a bath and changing into clothes.
We try to tempt her out of the house with her power wheel chair but despite having been an outdoor person, in the last week she seems to be completely house bound.
Her walking is more labored - she has definitely lost leg strength and it is much harder for her to get out of chairs and into her walker, but her arm strength seems unchanged.
I fear that she is wasting away, but all attempts to get her to eat more or at least higher calorie food is met with resistance.
My main question I think is, does the gag reflex mark the onset of the disease progressing to the upper regions? if this is the case, I worry that we won't be able to reverse her decline at all.