I hope your Mom is better. I had difficulty swallowing right after my stroke. I found lying just on a flat pillow made it worse. If I propped myself up it seemed to shift the muscle group enough or neural pathway.

It’s on my mind bc my deficits came back after surgery recently to fix a hole in my heart that allowed the stroke to happen. It can be triggered by the strong pain meds administered.

The swallowing thing came back before I went into surgery so they propped me until I could swallow. You’ve just made me realize it must’ve happened when they gave me a certain drug- it was immediate I couldn’t swallow. The feeling is awful- hope the propping helps or it’s gone away!

Hope your mom is well.