I would like to throw out a question to others who are post Tx to see if any seem to experience what I seem to. It seems that since completing Tx now almost 10 months ago I get choked easier. I notice this most often when I take like a small sip of a liquid and it seems that I "swallow wrong" as some folks say. When this happens it takes a few minutes of sporadic coughing to clear up the pipes.

I am curious if possibly radiation after effects could cause this by some type of tissue alteration in the throat area? I just don't ever seem to recall getting choked in the past as easily as I seem to now.

Bill D.


Dx 4/27/06, SCC, BOT, Stage III/IV, Tx 5/25/06 through 7/12/06 - 33 IMRT and 4 chemo, radical right side neck dissection 9/20/06.