swallowing issues - advice desired

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Hi all,

Has anyone ever had problems with the actual swallowing function? Like there is

something in the back of the throat, and it won't go away? Like the back of the

tongue to the upper part of the esophagus is numb and sometimes even paralyzed?

Has anyone ever had slurred speech, or difficulty saying the G, K, and ing

syllables? Food feels like it's stuck the top of the E, about two inches down

from the ear lobes? This has been progressively getting worse since about 8

weeks after my heller myotomy with Dr. Luketich. Sometimes it's coffee related

but sometimes it just gets worse without coffee.

What would you do if this happened to you? Help! I thought achalasia was just a

problem with food not getting into the stomach. That's a lower E issue. What I

have is totally new, it's up at the top, at least from what I can tell. At least

I can eat again, I gained 11 pounds in 3 weeks! Everything still works it's just

getting slightly more paralyzed every week. I'm starting to freak out because

I've never heard of this part of A.

Gunn