unable to swallow

I know of one thing that has helped me.  Now, I had a neck dissection on one side, not both.  Having said that, if you turn your head as far as you can in the direction of the side you had the surgery on (the muscles are real tight and it will be uncomfortable/hurt), it is much easier to swallow.  When I face forward and try to swallow it doesn't want to work and when it does it feels like it is getting hung up in my throat and not going down.  So the head turn has helped me tremendously.

Shell

Hondo said:

Hi Mike

Sometimes we need to ask the doctor for therapy, it is someone to help us learn how to swallow again.

 

Tim Hondo

During recovery and before rads the doctor sent me to a speach and swallow specialist.She was a big help.Took x-rays as I swallowed to check that little flap to make sure I could swallow without it going into lungs.We started eating soft food and worked our up and now eat just about anything except I put in a grinder to make sure it's small enough because my teeth were removed during surgery.She also hook up som electrobs along my throat while I ate.She said during treatment and even after this will keep care tissure from getting hard.Once it does get hard makes swallowing harder.I will go back sometime in Jan when I get my teeth back since she said that will be new also.