@vrodriguez138 Welcome to Connect. Thanks for your question. I have not experienced this and my surgery was over 7 years ago. Have you considered working with a physical therapist or following up with your surgeon?

I do get some muscle spasms from time to time that can start rotating vertebrae in my neck and my physical therapist works out the issues and gets my neck realigned again. When that happens, it can feel like choking a little bit. There is also a hyoid bone involved in swallowing that sits across the front of the throat and it can become misaligned and cause similar symptoms. Your doctor can order a swallowing study which is a moving X-ray that shows the mechanics. There are therapists who work on swallowing issues. My dad had that because of a head injury that affected his ability to swallow. Here is a discussion about Hyoid Bone Syndrome.

Ear Nose and Throat - "Hyoid Bone Syndrome"
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hyoid-bone-syndrome/
I also have thoracic outlet syndrome that causes one side of my neck to be too tight which sets me up for the spasms I described that rotate my vertebrae a little bit. That also causes shoulder, neck pain, and pain in the back of the head. TOS can be caused by a whiplash, so it is likely more common in spine injury patients, and very often missed or misdiagnosed. Physical therapy helps with that too.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/thoracic-outlet-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20353988
Have you told your doctors about these symptoms?

Jennifer