 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | At your upcoming MO appointment make sure you have a chat with your doc about your reduced ability to swallow and how its affecting your ability to take medicine. Ask your doc for prescriptions to get your medicine in liquid form. If you have a feeding tube you can use that to take your meds, especially if they're liquid. Not all medications are able to be crushed but maybe yours are? Check with your doc to see if thats an option then you could mix it with applesauce to take the meds. Another option is to crush the pills and add a little warm water in one of those small medicine cups (the 20ml or so size that is in most over the counter liquid cold medicines) to further dissolve it then you could try drinking the medicine like a shot. Good luck with your appointment!!!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
