 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Nellie,
You just described what happens to me 7 out of 10 times that I take my thyroid pill. It's a TINY pill mind you, but sometimes I will go to swallow it and it's like you say.............a WALL comes up and nothing can get past it. I learned a trick where I will relax my mouth, than immediately swallow again with force and it goes down. The first few times it happened I spit it out in the sink, but now I've learned to manage it.
Hope this helps!
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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