That’s great. Hope the 2nd session goes as well as the 1st one. She does seem very keen to try anything.
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As I write this, Mum is resting and she is very comfortable.
Yesterday she had the 6th physio session and it was probably her best effort yet. The physio really gave her a bit of a workout and she aced it.
This means she has now been getting this physio three times a week for the last two weeks and it seems to be benefitting her. There was one day when she seemed to tire out and offer resistance during the session and she may have struggled to get a good rest that night, but it could have been down to the hot weather or other condition such as bloating which does seem to bother her.
Our hope is that this physio will help her to get improved circulation from physical activity as well as helping with the bloating issue.
She also drinks a small amount of water by mouth and it seems this has now helped to trigger the burping “muscles” or whatever causes you to burp which again helps to release the trapped gas.
The physio is something we are doing off our own bat as there is no provision for this in her CHC care plan and the NHS has refused to entertain the idea that physical activity would be beneficial to the overall wellbeing of Mum.
We are pleased we finally managed to find a private neurophysio and we hope to see some long term benefits from adding this to Mum’s care plan. I should point out at this point that this does not come cheap and it is stretching us financially, but it is money well spent 
Further sessions are planned and we hope to do a review to see how much longer we can continue this and what changes in Mum’s wellbeing we might expect to see.
Namaste|
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It is great to hear that your mum’s physio sessions are going really well. It seems that despite her age she is still keen to try and get back some movement as best she can. She is bound to have an odd day where she doesn’t want to participate quite as much I think that’s natural for all of us. It sounds a bit like she’s getting some of her swallowing reflexes back to which must give you hope for her being able to eat normally again at some point. Even if that is just small amounts of certain foods. If you can get the bloating sorted out for her I am sure she’d be a lot more comfortable. her burping reflexes coming back may help with that a lot.
A review will be a good idea & then you can move forward in the best way for everyone.
Enjoy your weekend.
Ann
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This is just a quick update to say that Mum has now completed 9 physio sessions (3 days per week) and has been coping very well.
She does not tire very easily and shows no sign of fatigue.
The sessions are 1 hour long and pretty much continuous with short rest periods. The recovery day is used just for that and there is very light stretches/movements.
One slight issue is with the left shoulder which might be arthritic and causing some pain during the exercises and so Mum is not so keen when the left hand/arm are being exercised.
It might be to early to say, but the signs are good and she seems to be making progress in the right direction.
The physios have suggested we continue as we are doing for now and so that is what we will do.
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That all sounds really positive. Pleased to hear your mum is doing well and progress us being made.
The shoulder might be arthritic but have they considered a frozen shoulder (although I did read that they don’t happen once you reach 70 
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Here’s to another successful session tomorrow.
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I am not sure if they have considered a frozen shoulder - they only mentioned arthritis or maybe it was me who mentioned it and they went along. I’ll ask them tomorrow.
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