>Support staff taught my mother to drink from a straw with her chin pointed >down, right to her chest when she could manage that. This effectively >lengthened her esophagus and 'unfolded' it, leaving fewer places for liquids >to be trapped. It helped quite a bit. > >John in Michigan >-----Original Message----- >From: MArilyn HAgerup <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Saturday, January 04, 2003 8:48 AM >Subject: choking or gagging > > >>Has anyone found an answer to choking or gagging while drinking liquids? >>what do you do if living alone and have this problem? >> >>thanks, >>M.H. >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn