CHOKING AND CHEWING

Two problems, simultaneously, are being rectified.


After being stretched.

For 10 years I've been choking on food, and over the last year, I gag at every meal. Even a mushy tuna sandwich was getting stuck. I joked, "I eat slowly because I have a small esophagus!"  It turns out to be true.

For the last few months, I would have to concentrate while swallowing, and if I was in a restaurant, there was a 100% chance I'd be heaving up in the bathroom. Countless times, I've closed my office door to give myself the hymlick, only to return with swollen eyes and a red face.
A month ago I went to hospital and got my throat stretched and - ta da -  I haven't choked once. Today was the follow-up consult and all is well. The doctor said, "It's a very rare case. Why didn't you look into this years ago?" Exactly.


After the implants

Ok, on to my teeth!  My back molars are wrecked on both sides. Well, not any more - they were pulled. (I know, I know, I'm turning into my Dad.)  This week I got two implants and after the bone heals, I'll get a bridge on the bottom left. I considered not getting the bridge work, but a friend said to me, "how many times do you eat every day?"  That was convincing. And other friends who have implants say it was the best thing they ever did.

I'm hopeful.

Stuff is turning around. I guess it would be asking too much to have the nerve damage in my left arm repaired so my arms match?