From Peter:
Lou Devaugh was a very loyal member of our Falls Church, Virginia support group. At one of the meetings, he said that he was having trouble swallowing. I followed up on his comment by contacting Dr. Soren Lowell, who is a voice specialist at Syracuse who is currently conducting a study on voice tremor and the use of Octanoic Acid to treat it. She said that it made sense that problems with swallowing might be associated with Essential Tremor.
Then, at the last Columbia, Maryland support group meeting I asked the attendees how many of them had had problems swallowing. Seven out of the ten said that they had. By the way, I’ve recently had difficulty swallowing myself. It is worse when my ET is at its worse – for example after exercising or cutting grass on a very hot day.
It is something people with ET should be aware of.
