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Hi Luella, Is your mom with Hospice for cancer or PD? Sounds like this is going too fast for PD. Dick had horribly thick mucous, never found any thing that helped. He went very fast with CBGD. My heart goes out to you all. Audrey in Pa. ----- Original Message ----- From: Luella <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 6:14 PM Subject: A question about swallowing > Hello, > > My mom was diagnosed with Parkinson's last Fall... she could not take > Sinemet or Requip, she was getting too ill to travel... she had cancer > throughout her abdomen. Surgery last month; they put her back on Sinemet > without discussing it with us, and she had horrible hallucinations! Anyway, > because of the cancer we did not pursue PD treatment, and my mom was/is > really scared to try more... so she is not on anything for it. She has a > feeding tube for food and meds, and now she gets a terrible sticky build-up > of mucous in her throat that we either have to wipe out or suck out. Does > anyone have any ideas about how to control, lessen this? We have gotten her > to agree to try another PD med. as soon as her doctor calls it in (she is in > Hospice now), but getting detailed testing is out now. Any suggestions about > the mucous would be appreciated. > > Thank you, > Luella, daughter of Sally 77/76/72