Hi,
Welcome to the forum and sorry you are having all these difficulties.

I had XRT in 1997 and am not having those problems at this point although the total laryngetcomy in 2001 solved most of the choking on food issues. The swallowing issues I had after radiation involved choking on certain foods. I found that if I avoided the ones that I knew were problems, most of the rest would go down. Everything had to be cut in tiny pieces and I was only able to eat foods in lots of gravy or sauce or very rare steak or lamb chops. Anything dry was a no no. Also drank a lot of liquid with meals. Things gradually improved over the first couple of years. I certainly never regressed as you have.

I have never had problems breathing. Are you certain that this is not COPD? Were you a smoker? Have you had a CT of the chest or bronchoscopy? What does the lung dr say is causing the breathing difficulty. Hopefully this is not something else I get to look forward to.

Take care,
Eileen
P.S. I think they still use XRT on unknown primaries and a few others where they is no eal target.