When John saw his oncologist last week, the doctor prescribed Gabapentin to help with the sensitivity in his throat and what the pharmacist told me was neuropathic pain. The medication took a week to start taking effect. Today, for the first time in four months, John was able to swallow six teaspoons of Boost without coughing his lungs out. I am soooo relieved. I firmly believe that the swallowing will just get better with the passing of every day.

Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards

Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.