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#13400 07-04-2002 08:11 AM | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 13 Member | OP Member Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 13 | Is there anything anyone can tell me about 'swallow therapy'? I'd appreciate any information you have re tips, whether you thought it was helpful, etc. My husband had 1 lesson 2 weeks after oropharynx surgery - the therapist said to not throw the head back to let the liquid go down, but to act like you were trying to move your bowels and then swallow. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone else who has experience with a 'swallow therapist'. | | |
#13401 07-04-2002 03:42 PM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 73 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 73 | As with everything, different techniques work for different people. I had a variety of advice but the best was the therapist who did a swallow study - which is a video x-ray of the swallow process - I call it my x-ray-ted video. She had me try various techniques which we reviewed while looking at the video to determine what seemed to work best for me. This therapist was very knowledgable and helped me a lot. I had another therapist who was very nice and could follow someone else's recommendations but was really clueless as to what someone with my problems required. So my major recommendation is to make sure the therapist has lots of experience with people with issues similar to your husband's. The other problem for me is that I'm not very patient and it is a slow process.
ilene SCC stage 1 1987, 1/4 of tongue removed, neck dissection, SCC stage 3 2000, another 1/4+ removed second neck dissection, radiation.
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