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Barbara Blake-Krebs wrote: > > Hello - Please tell me, if you can, what is/are the best/quickest way(s) to > rid oneself of an exessive (100 qts - ?) of rivers of mucus (feels like > several snåkes along w/ other debris like comb but generally is clear). > What besides Parkie's failure to swallow one's saliva causes this most > unpleasant happening? 100 QUARTS????? DEBRIS LIKE COMB? DO U MEAN HAIR? AUTONOMIC FAILURE , A.L.S.. , ALL SORTS OF NEURO DISEASES OR MAY BE NON NEURO RELATED. ASK THE DOC AND FOR A SWALLOWING EVAL FROM A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. FOR ME I SUCK ON SUGAR FREE HARD CANDY TO TRY TO KEEP THE SWALLOWING REFLEX IN SYNC. I TRY LOTS OF THINGS TO TRY TO RETRAIN AND MAINTAIN MY BRAIN FUNCTION:) WORKS WELL FOR ME , BUT ASK THE SPEECH THERAPIST. ASK THE SPEECH THERAPIST IF S/HE HAS THEIR C.C.C'S /CERTIFICATE OF CLINICAL COMPETENCY, LICENSE IS NICE TOO. HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?? CHANGES IN UR MEDS?? COLD? DO U ELEVATE UR HEAD WHEN U SLEEP? DO U DRINK MILK BEFORE RETIRING TO BED OR IN THE EVENING? DOES THIS HAPPEN AFTER U GET UP IN THE AM?? LOTS OF REASONS FOR WHY THIS MAY BE HAPPENING. ASK THE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATH ABOUT IT. MEDICARE COVERS THIS EVAL AND MOST INSURANCE COMPANIES DO ALSO IF U ARE CONCERNED WITH THAT. PERSONALLY SWALLOWING IS IMPORTANT AND WORTH THE EVAL WHETHER IT IS COVERED OR NOT. BUT I CAN ONLY SUGGEST THAT FOR MYSELF. FAX AND CALL UR DOC. BECAUSE SOMETIMES A PERSON WITH AN ILLNESS IS ALLOWED TO GET NORMAL VIRUSES,ECT. JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE. IT MAY NOT BE PD RELATED AND THEN IT MAYBE. MAYBE S/HE WILL ALSO SUGGEST A SWALLOWING EVAL. Current meds = > 1. Sinemet 25/100 - 5/day > 2. Requip 2 ml - 2/day > 3. Elavil 25 mg - 1/bedside > 4. Clozaril 25 mg -1/day > Thanks! > > Barb B-K 60/1984 [log in to unmask]