@jesfactsmon

So you understand how much we take for granted in the performance of various body parts. I didn't mention the first bottleneck in my esophageal dysmotility. A nose and throat doctor looked at my swallowing several years ago and noted uncoordinated movement by the back of my tongue muscle. Gathering what I've chewed in preparation for swallowing is usually a conscious action.

Aspiration can become a deadly problem pretty quickly. I do the burping thing especially when I drink something. Sometimes I can't get the burp to work. One more little thing we take for granted, even though it isn't very socially acceptable.

The doctors and therapists I've seen with regard to, among a lot of other things, the swallowing issue have said my unfavorite word: "Probably", when I ask if there's neuropathy involvement in whatever we're discussing. I can never pin them down with a definite yes or no. It doesn't seem coincidental that so many things started going awry around the same time I had a neuropathy diagnosis, things from head to toe. It's a strange, elusive disease. Have you noticed that your wife developed seemingly unrelated symptoms on a similar timeline as her neuropathy? It would be an interesting subject to study.

Jim