I'm unable to get solid food down my throat. It feels as though I'm choking and forces me to gag it up. Even an 'O' in a Spagetti O produces the sensation. I'm working with a swallowing specialist but we can't make it stop.

I had chemo/rad last Jun/Jul 01, with neck dissection in Oct 01. The doctor says my problem is threefold: the 'swallower' (my word, not his) is hard and doesn't move in a wave, the base of tongue is flattened which leads into the vallecui (sp) area, and the 'swallower' is dry.

Anyone else had this problem? Like I've done in the past with all my other symptoms, I'm worried that this one won't get better.