Swallowing 101 and a New Use for Rosary Beads

Had my last visit from Sharon, the hospital speech language therapist who has been reprogramming my swallowing mechanism to avoid the discomfort eating certain foods.  Now I know better, at least when it is just the two of us enjoying our evening meal.  I find when I am eating in company I forget about swallowing hard, as I found out the hard way when Eli was here for lunch. Iced water with a slice of lemon is supposed to be good too ie cold and sour facilitates the contraction of the throat muscles.

 I have some exercises that I am doing twice a day and practice is making perfect.  My rosary beads are coming in handy for counting the number of times I have done these exercises.