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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | I would just like to add that the speech and language pathologist looks at the swallowing muscles and other compensatory strategies, but it is not her "area" if the problem is lower down. Our SLP at the swallowing assessment actually told us that there was nothing more she could do for us. If it is blockage at the esophagus, your best bet would be a gastroenterologist.
Push your doctors for a referral, if the blockage is caused by scarring, then the longer the wait is, the harder it will be to deal with it.
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.
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