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Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Jan 2, 2023 | Replies (83)
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Hello @ensign60
As it has been a while since your last post, I was wondering how you are doing? When you posted in July you had met with ENT doctors who are otolaryngologists. That is the best type of ENT to see when you have paralysis of a vocal cord.
You mentioned swallowing problems. A lot of doctors do not think to refer patients with swallowing problems to speech therapy. If you have not been given a referral to a speech therapist to treat the swallowing problem, please ask for a referral.
Have you had any other treatments recently? Has surgery been suggested?
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I had a successful procedure at Mayo in early August. Dr Ekbom injected Restilyn(sp) in my left vocal cord and after about 10 days my voice was back at about *80% or better, my chocking was almost gone and I am pleased with the results so far. I will be back at Mayo on December 5 as a followup to determine if my body is absorbing the Restilyn and my vocal cord is getting smaller again. There is no apparent sign of that happening yet but I was told it does happen in some cases. Ensign 60.