I‘ve mentioned several times
before how MSA involves adapting to a
series of physical conditions such as conditions affecting balance which
require first a cane or walker, later a wheelchair, so people don’t think you’ve
had too much to drink. Another condition
I’m dealing with now involves the loss of my voice and what to do when I want
to add something and be understood. Just
when I thought had encountered all the
annoying conditions MSA had to offer, a brand new one pops up.
This time the issue or
annoying condition I’m experiencing involves drooling or, as someone more
refined might say, having an excess of saliva when it’s not needed. Actually, these discharges don’t just emit
from my mouth, but my nose, taking a difficult situation and making it
extremely troublesome. Imagine having a spoonful of water placed in your mouth
with every forkful of food. You can
swallow or remove the excess with your napkin.
Or, you’d like to add something to the conversation but first you’ve got
to deal with this water in your mouth.
So what do you do?
First, you go shyderager@yahoogroups.com
(the MSA Support blog) to find out if others have encountered this phenomenon
and how they dealt with it. You find it’s just another strange condition
sometime experienced by those approaching advanced stages of MSA. You also learn that there’s no treatment for
this annoying condition. Lastly, you find the only thing you can do is to
prepare for this dinner time visitor – and ask for extra napkins!