Hello @egray67 and welcome to our head and neck group, not that anyone really wants to join. But here we are.
Your term “swallow normally” kind of took me back as it’s been since November 2001 for me. Don’t get me wrong, I can eat and swallow and am thankful for that. But “normal”, I have forgotten what that means.
I like most have a new normal, a place that works for us, a retrain of eating we get used to and it works fine for me. No complaints.
I think my throat didn’t stop hurting for perhaps a year when I ate. A sneeze would bring tears to my eyes for many years.
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