ALS News Today Forums | Mark Andrew Atwater | Activity https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/members/matwater72/activity/ Activity feed for Mark Andrew Atwater. Thu, 23 May 2024 23:56:58 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.6.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 a5d96d96bb88d6c8c313fb3b7a6c7c51 Mark Andrew Atwater replied to the discussion Your tips and advice for managing dysphagia (swallowing issues) in the forum Living With ALS https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/your-tips-and-advice-for-managing-dysphagia-swallowing-issues/#post-24909 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 21:13:09 -0600 Reply to Your tips and advice for managing dysphagia (swallowing issues)

I reluctantly have scheduled the insertion of a feeding tube. A milestone I didn’t want to get to, but my doctors have explained that even though I don’t need it right now, they want to get it inserted while my lung function is good.

A question I have is what happens to the siliva when you can’t swallow. Also, I am getting over a nasty…

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]]> c60d34f5704f70eaf70d55af6489bb40 Mark Andrew Atwater replied to the discussion Taking multiple ALS medications in the forum Living With ALS https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/taking-multiple-als-medications/#post-24464 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:12:28 -0500 Reply to Taking multiple ALS medications

I am taking the 3 R’s and there really isn’t a way to determine if they are helping or not.   The Relyvrio is awful but I tolerate it .  I was diagnosed in December of this past year and my feelings are if there is any chance that the drugs can help, I am all for it.

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