OP Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Hi Chris, It looks like we had our treatment at about the same time too. Have you been to see a swallowing specialist or are you just going to try following that advice about gradually thickening the consistency first? I am trying to do that and have decided to give it another week before I call my ENT and ask for a referral to the person at the hospital who could probably do a barium swallow test and help me more. From what I undertsand, probably the first thing he would say is exactly the advice you got, so I want to be able to say I've tried that already and need more help.
Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone and sorry to learn you're dealing with this too.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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