| Jo Beth was choking! She had been swallowing, when suddenly her throat had clamped entirely shut in a very painful spasm. She waited it out—what else could she do? The spasm released. Jo Beth decided she must have just done something weird, like timed her swallow wrong with her breathing. So, she very tentatively tried to finish getting the mouthful down, with a little tiny sip of a swallow. No good--her throat clamped tight again, and the pain was truly terrible! Jo Beth learned to take smaller bites. Sometimes, the spasms happened anyway. They hurt like a son-of-a-b-tch. |
Swallowing
Where Jo Beth has trouble eating and drinking.
Where Jo Beth has trouble eating and drinking.
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| Doctors call it "pharyngeal spasms", or "dysphagia". Probably because "choking" is too hard to say. |
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