Something new developed this weekend. Apparently I picked up a 24 hour stomach bug that decided to test my ability to vomit on the hour every hour. :-) Starting Friday night until Saturday was an interesting experience to say the least. Fortunately my oncologist was the on call doctor for the weekend. At first I thought maybe it was something to do with my swallowing attempts that was causing the problem. So I kept trying to keep the feedings going, big mistake there! I talked to the doctor on Saturday and he had me stop the feedings for several hours and then only start back with a limited amount. Sure enough by Saturday night the stomach pains had subsided and on Sunday morning I was able to keep the feedings down.
While not a fun time at all I was glad to know that my swallowing exercises did not cause the problem. Today I am still recovering from the 24 hours of fun but I have introduced something else into the swallowing exercises. I took a little bit of some strawberry kiwi sports drink that we had and used that to help with the swallowing. I only take in 1-2 teaspoons at a time but having a bit of flavor does help make the effort worth while. I am also going to start to try to use ice chips as well. Just to keep something cold and wet in my mouth to help with the swallowing.
I also tried out one of the sugar free candies today. This did point out that I most likely will end up with some permanent dry mouth as a result of the treatments. I was able to suck on the candy as recommended but it didn't help out much with saliva production. I had to add in some water now and then to make it work.
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