Yes, I do frequently, bread too. My swallow study's were o.k. and they told me to do hard swallows. I doesnt' always help though. Food hurts going down often. I just assumed this is part of all the mg and they just aren't seeing it like some of the other tests that come back "normal"

If you hear how to help this pleas post it to me.

Thanks,

Jeannie

Thanks Jeanine!

yep, I get food, drinks caught in throat, and center of chest like it just sits there... I got choked today on lunch and still coughing from him and voice raspy... uggg Annette

Sorry to say I haven't eaten those foods in so long I don't even know what they would do. I hated them getting stuck in a spot I couldnt get them out so in addition to trying to be super healthy, gluten free diet I wouldn't even atttempt a nacho or anything big and or dry. Sorry ... I have just started swallowing my cellcept pills so
unfortunately swallowing is an issue for me even as I improve.

Ann

I have known hiatal hernia and have had that kind of trouble for a long time, but am much better except for one thing: the pyridostigmine pill is so chalky, I have trouble getting it down. I was beginning to have trouble with swallowing liquids, too, before being put on the prednisone. I guess one answer is to chew, chew, chew, which of course is tiring. The other thing is to avoid foods with sharp edges and that chalky consistency, since they seem to get stuck most easily. This is really a problem for a lot of people with MG, not normal, but usual for us.
b.

Hmm, the chew, chew, chew Beth mentions is a big piece of the problem, for me at least. Yes, jaw doesn't want to shew the breads and things like I should so some of the time, I swallow too soon justfrom the fatigue and things get stuck for this reason.

My swallowing abilities come and go. I was doing good when I did my swallow study and still failed liquids, so I know I have to be extra careful. With my recent respiratory infection, swallowing has been a major issue. The items you mention must be done in small nibbles. Liquids need thickening.

Ann, some tortillas-the plain ones usually-are gluten free, if you are adventurous. I am having swallowing issues. When my swallow quits, it will not accept liquids or food except pudding, applesause, pureed pumpkin etc.
I have not had a swallowing test. If they discover it is positive, is there anything that can be done?
I like crunchy raw foods. This is causing me to change food choices to things I di not care for.I do not like mushy food....pureed food.

Maalox contains magnesium!!! -- we should avoid this stuff....

I'm not sure why, and I've never experimented to see what it does, but a lot of antacids have magnesium as an ingredient.

Also, I chew my mestinon and wash it down -- my belief is that it causes less stomach upset this way.

But I used to get stuff stuck in my throat all the time. I haven't in a while -- and yesterday my neuro told a resident during my visit that I was "in remission"... funny I don't feel any different and I still get that unstrung feeling when my mestinon is wearing out.

I think I will celebrate by eating a tough steak!

I find I only have problem with bready things like a sandwich or bagel, if I eat too fast and don't chew enough. It has been when I am driving between appointments and trying to fit lunch in. Four time I felt nausious when it got stuck and I had to pull over and vomit. Nasty!!

That is a symptom that is more familiar to me. I get my pills stuck in my throat, I have not been able to locate this little cavernous place that they slip up into. One was there for, it was either three or four days. Didn't hurt just bugged me.soooo bad. I don't get food stuck in my throat so do say, but just where the colar bone comes, right where they put trach tubes. It's not really a pain, as much as pressure. As soon as I drink it subsides.

My food gets stuck in my throat under Adams apple, at times I feel pain my chest until food goes all the way down. Worse when swallowing vitamins, usually takes 30 to 60 minutes for them to go down, very annoying and sometimes painful. Don't know why some days worse than others days.

Maria

Dear friend never drive and eat it can be very dangerous. My first symptom before anything else was the inability to swallow. At that point I could jump, run and do weights. Suddenly, I was unable to swallow grapes! and then light liquids. After my first plasmapheresis treatment I gradually recovered, WOW, by the fifth one I was much better in that area, although not normal. Then everything else started falling apart, walking, strength, chewing, digestion, motility, but the swallowing continues to allow me to eat.

I've had a barium swallow study done on me twice and watching the food getting stuck in that little pocket at the back of your throat is quite interesting. The pocket is supposed to clear when you cough but when my MG is most severe my cough doesn't clear and thus the pills get stuck.
I've also had that feeling where it feels like a fist is stuck halfway down my food pipe. Rice is a primary offender on that one as is white bread. I have just learned the best thing is to take smaller bites and eat slower. If it starts I have learned to just put the fork down and wait for my body to catch up. And I once tried to wash it down. That was painful.

Yes I have had swallowing problems on and off particularly with bread and pills. Occassionally when drinknig liquids it is painful