I just got out of the hospital for the 4th time due to pnemonia. I am in remission since May, but my goal is to eat again. I had a tumor that wrapped around my throat. Two weeks ago I had a botox injection in to a CPbar in my throat to hopefully relax the muscle that was blocking food from going down. Well to my surprise you can asperate just from the phlem in your mouth caused by the radiaton. I was wondering if anyone else has tried to go the extra mile to find ways of eating instead of having a gtube all their lives? confused


10/10 IV OSCC metastatic to lymph nodes. 10/10 Peg,Port,Trech. due to rad scarring cannot swallow. 9/12 Pet clean. SCC back again 11/12. Tumor attached to jugular, Rad DX left side of neck 11/19/12. No Chemo or Rads. MRI on 1/11/13 for chronic pain w/pet scan 2/15/13.