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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 64
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 64
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Issues with oesophagus, speaking voice and swallowing
Has anyone with major whiplash experienced the following issues?
1. Feeling that the oesophagus has been shrunk down making it hard to swallow dry foods and uncoated pills? I have been having issues with this and it causes me to have immediate hiccups.
2. My voice has become quieter and weaker. The more I talk, the weaker my voice gets until it finally becomes hoarse.
I am seeing a SLP and she does not have anything to offer regarding these issues so I thought I would ask it here.
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1 year post-concussion caused by a high-speed MVA.
Driver to driver head-on. I was stationary and the other vehicle hit me traveling > 110 km/hr successfully breaking my sternum.
Diagnosed with chronic neuropathic pain, PTSD, somatic symptom disorder, depression, anxiety. I suffer from daily headaches, 24x7.
Meds: On prescription medication for neuropathic pain, breakthrough pain, anxiety, depression and sleep disorder.
OTC medications used to try and keep headaches in check: acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
Treatments: Physio (declined since May '14), RMT (declined since Feb '14), Psychiatry CBT (since Nov '13), Pain Clinic Nerve Blocks, Botox and Lidocaine Infusion (since May '14), SLP (since Aug '14), OT (since Sep '14).
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