I was starting to have some speaking issues. I am a public speaker in my job, so that was a big deal for me. I asked to see a speech therapist. She focused on my swallowing! And my tongue, mouth and neck strength. I was having issues of frequently choking on food, but had no idea it was MS related, until then. In only 5 visits she really helped me. I try to continue the exercises. I also had neck pain from bulging discs in my neck. The excercises from the speech therapist cured those pains! So my speach therapy was the opposite of a “pain in the neck.” 😁

I did speech therapy for a while to help with swallowing issues. It was helpful.

Yes, with inconsistency. I have to be very careful. Make sure you drink plenty of water with the pills.

I take smaller bites usually followed by a sip of something cold and tilting my chin downand concentrating on swallowing

Be very careful with the dysphasia. The epiglottis is the flap that is supposed to close while you’re swallowing food to prevent food or fluids from entering the trachea. If our brain is sending wrong signals is when the big problems .
This took me to the ER then from there to the OR next to ICU them to the MedSurg floor with a chest tube to drain all the fluid from around my lungs. This was valuable lesson learned,
I was told never drink from a straw, eat slowly give yourself 3-5 second after you swallow before taking the next bite. Always eat upright don’t lay on the couch or in bed and snack . That’s all I have on that