I have to admit the swallowing difficulty has me pretty down. I am tired of fighting to swallow when I eat and yesterday I threw in the towel at 1000 calories. I haven't tried to eat today yet, been up for a few hours. The thought of going thru that miserable feeling of choking and gagging and then the feeling of left over food stuck in my throat for a while, no thanks. My liquids starting pooling in the back of my throat a couple of days ago, I can sometimes hear them gurgling when I breath, a cough and it clears for about 10 seconds. I am seriously hoping this is just another step along the way. I haven't slept well for the last 3 or 4 nights which could be the reason for my fowl mood this morning. Night time is now spent with a terribly dry and painful throat that water will not cure, then there is the waking every couple of hours coughing so bad I end up choking.
Time to put on a smile and go to work, fake it till you make it, just some days are harder than others.


AGE 38 10-2012 thru 3-2012 swollen lymph node,painful jaw and ear,2 antibiotics,X-ray,CAT scan,needle biopsy,scope, no answers
3-4-13 tonsillectomy and selective neck dissection, DX R tonsil SCC,METS to 1 lymph node,BOT,HPV+, stage IV
TX 35 RAD,3 chemo cisplatin/Taxol started 4-8-13
rad end 5-29-13