Grinding
of teeth and swallowing
This is a recent change where, if swallowing
saliva or food it rolls around the mouth before the brain actually conveys the
message of movement to swallow. Then
before swallow I grind my teeth so hard I’m in fear of chipping them. I feel
it’s just another adjustment I’ve to solve in ongoing problems related to
MND.
O
n the 6th October - I got the results of bloods taken
regarding my cholesterol level it was 4.5 - very satisfactory. I got community
nurse on a ‘home visit’ to take my BP, it was 138 over 80, again for my age -
fine! One must remember that since my weeks stay in hospital in March this year
I was taken off all cholesterol and HBP medication.
On
10th October - suddenly overnight I lost the
ability to operate the computer, because of a non-functional right shoulder which
severely restricts the use of the mouse on the specially adapted keyboard screen. As this is now my only way of communication - in that, about a month ago I found
it very difficult to use the ‘Lightwriter’ (which turns the typed word into
speech). However with daily persistence and a stubborn nature on the 13th
I was able to get the shoulder reasonably supple so I’m ‘back in business’ with
my typing.
It was such a shock to lose my only source of
conversing with Jean regarding my daily requests/remarks etc and of course my
blog. Like all professional chefs on TV they are often heard
to say ‘this is one I prepared earlier’ so like the chefs, I intend to write my
final farewell blog to Allison, our
daughter, to post on when I’m no longer able to type.
Daily
tiredness because of MND - It is most noticeable now as MND
trundles on, I definitely get more tired as the day goes on - so any lengthy and concentrated
typing, such as my blog, has to be done in the morning.
