I have had a sore throat for over a year now. It feels like I'm swallowing razor blades all the time. Imagine your worst sore throat every day. I've learned to ignore it the best I can but some days it wears me down. I went to the doctor last June because of this and they found cancer in my thyroid. After the surgery the docs assured me that the sore throat would go away but by December I found a new GP (general practitioner-doctor) who like the first one I saw wanted to give me drugs. I said 'NO!' I want to know what this is.
So, in January I did a baruim swallow test which was just as horrible as you have heard and low and behold there is something pressing on my larynx. I don't think its cancerous but I do think its something that needs to be addressed. I must add that I'm seeing a Gastroenterologist only because its absolutely impossible to see an Ear Nose Throat (ENT) here in Edmonton. I can't even get an appointment even though I've had two doctors try to get an appointment, I've had a sore throat for over a year and just by absolute chance they found cancer removed my thyroid and I still couldn't get an appointment...... aaaaahhhhh!! (Sorry, just a wee bit frustrating!)
I don't know what the shift has been but I feel so much better than I did a couple weeks ago. Its a crazy feeling to suddenly be able to do more than one thing a day!! It's late and I'm writing while watching Robot Chicken - seriously funny! Time to go to sleep.
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