OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
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Friday I had surgery to separate the AC joint and remove part of the bone on both sides (shoulder and collarbone). They informed me they were going to use a steel airway and it could present some problems to people with irradiated necks/throats. I had the most horrible sore throat Friday to today and the most interesting thing has happened. I can now swallow without constrictions of any kind. My throat was raw and bloody from the procedure and everything I tried to swallow went up my nose but now it is as if I have no issues with swallowing. I am amazed each day at the twists and turns in life.
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
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