In 2018 I had robotic surgery, a lobectomy of the left upper lobe. The access incisions being in my left chest wall, during the process they severed the nerve to the left vocal fold, paralyzing it. It took several years for swallowing problems to developed, it distorted the fold, and I started aspirating. I found instructions on the internet to deal with it until I got a referral to a head and neck surgeon who knew immediately the problem, verified by endoscope. As a temporary measure inflated it with a filler with a needle thru my neck to close the gap, that was last Dec. next month they will make an incision to insert a chip behind the fold to align it with the right side. Has anyone had a similar issue?

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