Wow, what an ordeal Nancy. Good news is your body must be healing with all that scar tissue it is creating. Bad news is your body must be healing with all that scar tissue it is creating. I believe the body's innate ability to heal can be the toughest part of this journey. The scarring, fibrosing, adhesions, etc., are all the same thing...a problem waiting to be discovered.

Hopefully they cleared things enough for you to swallow. Prayers for the swallow to continually improve.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023