Angelia

One of the benefits of getting a speech pathologist is that they will arrange to have a modified barium swallow test (MBS) done for you (although you will need your ENT to "prescribe" it). This easy test shows graphically how you are doing swallowing and exactly where anything goes. I have failed 4 of them so far which is why I am still on a PEG. This clearly won't be your problem if you can sip water already. Although the first time around, I did not get any speech or swallowing therapy nor MBS since I went thru that TX with no PEG and swallowed the entire time.
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