To Be Sick When the World Is on Fire: Living with Dysphagia in an Age of Uncertainty When trust in healthcare systems erodes, people living with dysphagia and chronic illness must relearn self reliance. A reflective essay on health, trust, misinformation, and patient agency in uncerta...

My January blog is now online! #blog #dysphagia #swallowingdisorder #nonfiction #author #SLP #food #book #aging #world #seniors #OPMD #writer #selfreliance #writing #healthcare #uncertainty #chronicillness #swallowingdifficulty #health

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What's the Rush? How People with Dysphagia Must Wrap Their Head Around the Idea of Slowing Down Many of us have seen it. A person we know, or sitting nearby, literally swallows their food whole. Within a minute or two, the plate shines clean. Many people don’t intend to rush through dinner, but ...

My December blog is now online! #blog #dysphagia #swallowingdisorder #nonfiction #author #swallowingdifficulty #SLP #food #chewingfood #recipes #book #cookbook #aging #seniors #OPMD #writer #writing #recipebook #slow

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Thank you to Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald and the Aging Swallow Research Lab at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social for introducing my book "Give Me a Solid" in their latest newsletter! #dysphagia #SLP #difficultyswallowing #aging #book #author #nonfiction #food #swallowingdisorder #recipes #seniors

Easy to Swallow Raspberry Tiramisu Recipe | A Blog by Joanne Brouard A recipe from the book "Give Me a Solid". Serves 8 to 12. Moist cakes are always easier to chew. And the famous tiramisu is no exception. This raspberry version is refreshing and allows you to enjoy t...

A recipe from my book, Give Me a Solid: RASPBERRY TIRAMISU. This dessert is not only easy to swallow, but also requires no cooking 👍 #recipe #tiramisu #dysphagia #blog #dessert #OPMD #author #memoir #nonfiction #swallowingdisorder #raspberry #holidays

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Coming Out of the Dysphagia Shadows: When Telling Someone Opens up New Possibilities I had been invited to introduce my book and talk about my experience as a dysphagia sufferer to a group of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) over Zoom. Some SLPs were based in Denver, Colorado and o...

My November blog is now online!

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The procedures were very successful😊

Initially, I could tell by her speech being clearer. Then she went home a few hours later rather than staying overnight for observation 😌

She had a cookie 🍪 at therapy and she is eating small soft meals every day.

#dysphagia
#SwallowingDisorder
#FeedingTube

Blog | joannebrouard A blog written by Joanne Brouard, author of Give Me a Solid. In her book, she offers practical tips, easy-to-chew and easy-to-swallow recipes, and she describes her experience as a dysphagia sufferer ...

The first post on my blog about dysphagia is now online, and it's free. Enjoy!

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Tonight, I'm cleaning out our kitchen spaces of the soft foods she'd been eating the past 6 months: hawaiian rolls, Mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, squash, fish

She loves ☺️haddock cod salmon tuna and chilean sea bass 🐟

😩This is impossibly hard
#dysphagia #swallowingDisorder #NPO #disability

A young white woman with brown wavy hair pulled back in a colorful headband, wearing a snoopy t-shirt sits upright in a hospital bed, typing on her laptop resting on a tray table. Her hand has an IV and she is wearing a nasal canula providing oxygen.

Having a rough time with my 30yo daughter's health. 2nd hospitalization this year.
Long history of #dysphagia, #aspiration and #FeedingTube
Been eating small soft meals for 6 months and now want her NPO again.
#SwallowingDisorder #Chronicillness #22q11