Yes..Sometimes a sandwich gets stuck..One time I took a huge gulp of soda to wash it down, and all the soda came out of my nose

A few things I've learned are:

DON'T eat while you are driving.

Don't try to talk with food in your mouth.

Cut your food up into the smallest possible pieces.

Cut your sandwiches up into quarters instead of halves.

Eat MORE soup. MAKE your own soups.

THINK about what you are doing while you eat. I can't tell you how many times things got stuck because I was LollyGagging { Excuse the PUN } around while eating. IE: Talking on the phone, walking around. At this point we can't chew and walk at the same time.

I'm missing some back teeth, not the front, and to add to the problem, I can repeatedly bite the inside of my lip in the same spot if I lean too far forward while chewing. We all do this, but in my case it's related to the need to chew very hard with my front teeth and when I miss, I bite the inside of my lower lip. Then it happens again and again, and everything you eat or drink burns.

So with back teeth missing, i have to lean back a little to avoid biting the lip, which is not a good position to avoid the food getting stuck for me.
I don't like to go out to dinner anymore, usually can't eat. After several days of a bleeding and cut lip, I actually have to eat slowly, better alone, and chew with my mouth open, consciously trying not to rebite the lip.

That's probably more than you needed to know. But it's a big problem and why I'm creeping down to an alarming weight. It's so easy to just give up and have some ice cream.

paula

Carnation Instant Breakfast. With a straw and lots of ice. The cold helps your cuts and you get what you need. I usually keep the variety pack on hand for times I just don't like cooking OR eating. But if I don't get something in me I'm in trouble.

I can identify with many of the things you are talking about. Chewing and biting your own lips is NOT fun. I never go out to eat anymore and if I do I eat in my car, parked alone. But I find too that if I am anxious or aggitated about something there seems to be many oral mishaps. Calm down, I have to keep telling myself. I think I'm just a naturally anxious person. That can make your throat constrict too.

Is this what we are talking about?

The symptoms of achalasia most often occur during and after a meal. All patients experience the sensation of solids, and usually liquids, hanging up and passing slowly into the stomach. This may occur several times a week or at every meal. Effortless regurgitation of bland, undigested food or whitish foam (saliva) is common and may be associated with coughing and choking at night.

I have had problems swallowing now for about the last 2 or 3 years of my 17 years of PD. Large capsules or pills are a nightmare to get down. I find taking them with a hot drink helps by somehow opening the throat.
Food frequently sticks and I can cough up some up to hours after the meal. The big danger this causes is aspiration pneumonia, when the food gets into the lungs and rots.
Like Paula, I have problems being underweight. I am 125 pounds, and 5 feet 10 inches. All attempts to put on wieght fails. That is despite eating a Mars bar, a chocolate bar, crisps and a pint of beer nightly!
Still, we are the normal ones, aren't we....
Ron