Choking and Common Sense

How many times have you laid back in your recliner, popped a few chips, then swigged some pop down, or maybe something stronger?

Interesting to note that is why we have choking spells, and once in the habit, its a hard one to break. Reclining and drinking that is. And in watching how Mom is doing, I'd have to agree with the Nurse who did a swallowing assessment. It is from leaning back, from not allowing the body's natural form to function.

Why am I nattering about this?

Simple, Mom has had these choking spells for a long time now. Years really, that go back at least a decade, and this is the first time a Doctor has bothered to get an assessment done for her. A simply one hour, in home visit, and we may have found a solution for her coughing, choking, and, found a way to perhaps eliminate one medication.

Kind of makes you wonder, at why Doctors aren't doing more testing, and why they simply prescribe a pill, when perhaps the solution rests in something as simple, as sitting upright when drinking or eating.