I agree with Maryse. In addition, your father probably should have a swallowing evaluation done at this point to determine whether he can swallow at all. What you didn't mention was whether or not your father can still eat - or whether he coughs a lot when he does, especially when he swallows liquids. --------- Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn