swallowing

I am about 10 months post stroke - 44yo ischemic stroke

Eating can cause a lot of issues for stroke patients. For me eating was a chore on initial few weeks. I find it difficult to swallow. I took soft foods. My favorite was obviously yogurts haha. 

Aside that, when I can swallow, I had another issue. I landed in hospital from an eating / digesting issue. Hospitalized due to a cut from a food not digested well and was bleeding non stop. This is really painful bleeding in bowel. The gastro doctors wants me to stop blood thinners, the stroke doctors say I have to continue blood thinners. 

I continue to bled until I need a short surgery. 

Conclusion: Please do take care of dietary needs well, it is very important for post-stroke patients. 

Thanks for posting Danielle - valuable information in what you share!

Also VL - recovery is not straight forward and the confusing messages about what to do and what not to do is so confusing to resolve as the one receiving the information  Thanks also for sharing !

I get you they suddenly behave as if I was about to die right there in front of them, while it took them over 5 months to get back to me with a program. I did one week of their thickening liquid and mushy food, 3 weeks in the recovery making I have constant reflux, my bowel is far from being normal , I burb, have hiccups in the middle of the night it wakes me up. I did more swallowing and voice exercises search the youtube fore examples once I have got the proper names of what it is that I have to correct and exercised I was on it. I stopped that mushy food and the thickening  liquid but kept the small bites and ate, drank always very attentively . I am on my way to recovery every now and then I can hear my "normal" voice and I pass hours without chocking coughing .