This is a follow up to the post I created a week or so ago.
I am pleased to say, our suspicion the problems roots lay in the changes to medication and was likely acid reflux has been pretty much confirmed and Mum (bless her little heart) is recovering well.
If it may help others, here’s how she did it (she always solves her own problems).
After suffering from the problem for a few days she threw the gauntlet down and challenged her carers to sort the problem out having given enough clues e.g. frothing/foaming mouth, dribbling, her dislike for medication, the changes to medication, the shouting out loud when lying on back and so on.
What her carers did:
- reinstated the PPI (proton pump inhibitor medication) omeprazole
- reduced feed (since it wasn’t being tolerated to just one meal a day equivalent spread out over the day
- Effectively put Mum on water fast (one meal as safety). Detoxify the system.
- Kept her hydrated
- Fasted from Friday afternoon, through the weekend (Saturday and Sunday)
- Kept activities up.
By Sunday night she was improving and Sunday night she slept through with a small amount of distress (trapped wind and bowel movements cause this distress as an ongoing issue).
Though she was improving, as safety backup in case we were missing something we called 111 and got medical check done (more on this on another post as that is a story initself).
Monday continued water fast but tried increasing feed to see if it would be tolerated - it wasn’t and so again had just over one meal but an improvement.
Monday GP followed up on 111 call but was less than helpful 
Family continued their strategy knowing they are not going to get help as doctors are clueless and unwilling to do “risky” tests.
Tuesday, strategy showing signs of success. Mum looking a lot happier, has participated in activities, got tired (good sign - activity working and fat reserves being depleted as a result of fasting).
As at now, she is just about to finish her second full meal having shown no adverse signs of intolerance and she has been comfortable lying in bed during the care sessions.
In fact, without jinxing the progress, she might almost be back to normal and if that is so, then you all know what happens tomorrow!
She has fallen down, and each time she falls down she gets up again and she is S T R O N G E R !!!
She will deinitely sleep well tonight and hopefully the carers will too 
Thank you for reading/following/supporting.
Up the Stroke Survivors!
Up the Carers!
Namaste|
I must add a PS - Mum being the Trooper she is, still remained strong and tried to trouble the carers as little as possible but not demanding too much even when in extreme pain. How she does it, I does not know. Thank you Mum