My father had G-Tube insertion since March of 2006. The tube has had to be changed out 5 times since the original one was put in. Pureed foods are my father's best bet now. He is 92 years old, lives by himself, and is quite self-sufficient! He spent 4 days in October in the hospital due to aspiration pneumonia. (Now anything he can chew and swallow, must be honey-thick.) I currently puree all his food.

I was prescribed an asthma inhaler for my eosinophilic esophagitis. But instead of inhaling my medicine I was instructed by my gastrointestinal doctor to swallow it. It’s only been a month of medication but I still have food getting stuck in my throat almost daily. My dysphagia symptoms haven’t improved.

I was given Dilzem, but I am still choking at least once a week. The doctor has not given me any information on the dysphagia, and I'm still getting the cough.