Mind of my Stroked Brain

The topic of my epiglottis came up today again.... I want to state for the record, now that i can communicate, i didn't make it up, i did hear the docs and everyone else having an elaborate conversation about the epiglottis not moving and the paralysed right vocal chord. Also, i have seen it not moving properly in countless FES tests , endoscopies and also in the barium swallow tests. I only knew how it should work when i saw the video shown latee by my wife (yes, at some stage it was thought that seeing videos of a perfect swallow would make my brain do it subconsciously) Some gyan here..... The epiglottis is a muscular organ, like the tongue (i think it means tongue in latin) and works completely involuntarily. Like the heart, it just does its job from first breath we breathe to the last breath we take. Its sole function is like a flip flop. Sitting in the throat, it closes the oesophagus when we breathe and closes the wind pipe when we swallow anything. We cannot control it, eve

Why i drool so much. I am asked to swallow my saliva and not spit out.. even if wanted to , i wouldn't be able to spit..   When the saliva is secreted, some of it comes to the front, depending on my position. What goes back to the throat ,i try to swallow most of it. But what collects in the front, well, you need 4 things to suck it back 1 strong lips 2 strong breadth, to create a sucking, vaccume force 3 functioning cheeks, to fold in slightly, to aid the sucking force 4 Most importantly, working tongue, to swipe and bring it back. None of the above works properly today, let alone coordinated way to make it happen. Yes, everyone does it, unconsciously.. Its also why i am able to swallow water and even semi solids doesnt happen. When im in bed, slightly tilted back, water like fluids just flow down to the back and i dont have to do much. However with semisolids, even if i can try swallowing, the stuff just doesnt go back. Hence the drool.. Believe me i know the mess i create, and i