I'm curious if you've had any swallow studies. Sounds a lot like aspiration pneumonia. I get a lot of fluid in my left lung that started around year 7. I battle thrush that aspirates into the lung even and it gets into my sinuses like almost everything I drink. Breaking ribs from coughing isn't uncommon. I cough till I vomit and cough up an alarming amount of blood several days a week. I used to worry but quit that 2 or 3 years ago because it just got overwhelming.

I hope it resolves soon. For me, the toughest part of all of this is the difficulty breathing. I hate to hear of anyone going through that.


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