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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | JetAgeHobo, don't let the swallowing test get you down. It is likely that the next ENT would talk to you about a dilatation where they put in a "wire" and a balloon to open up your esophagus. The dilatation should help with swallowing. Very often, the dilatation has to be repeated as the esophagus may become narrow again in between dilatations. Sometimes doctors put in a stent to keep things open until everything is healed (apparently the esophagus is a bit of a bloody mess after a dilatation). You should be able to have a tea, or a coffee or even frozen yoghurt at this moment in time. This is not too bad. It is part of the new normal.
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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