← Return to Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction (Difficulty Swallowing)

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Thank you for responding! It's just nice to hear that other people do eventually recover from dramatic swallowing issues. I hope to be one of those people someday. It has been a gradual process for me as well, but Covid seemed to precipitate it (perhaps coincidentally, it's hard to know for sure). As an aside, nice to hear they live in Sweden - my mother is Swedish and I spent a year there as an exchange student after high school (I'm now 49). Going back there this summer to spend some time with family, although I'm a little concerned about how I'll manage the food situation. I suppose there are soups and smoothies everywhere!

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What a fun coincidence. They live near Malmo in the countryside. I’m sure if you’re with family with a kitchen you won’t have any issues. Have you looked at recipes and diets for people that have their jaws wired for recovery after a surgery? My husband had jaw surgery relative to a dental issue and had his jaw wired. So he was on a liquid diet for some time including winter holidays. You might get some good ideas on how these people fulfill their diets. Best wishes

I had pharyngeal dysphagia and had a gastric tube places due to severe malnutrition. I went from 115 to 86 lbs. I nor anyone else knows what caused this. Possibly Covid but I was not tested at the time of illness. Symptoms began in April, G-tube placed in August. I started speech therapy with therapist who specialized in dysphagia in September. My ability to swallow dramatically improved by end of December. I wish the G-tube feedings were starting earlier before reaching a severely malnourished state. I believe the exercises helped with strengthening the swallowing muscles and return functioning of the pharyngeal nerve over time. My laryngeal wall weakness also improved. I’m back to a normal diet. It all began with feeding Ill, a sore throat and pain radiating from the right side of my neck to my right ear for approximately one month. The difficulty swallowing began with in a couple weeks of my illness.