swallowing

I have had a couple of incidents where swallowing was a problem since I was released from the hospital. My first was a piece of Filet Mignon got stuck and I tried everything to get it to move , I was gurgling and could talk a little but swallow nothing, not even my saliva….it was getting ugly, so to the ER I went, 4 hours later they got a ENT Doctor to come in and push it on into my stomach. $4700.00 later! I did get some pretty neat pictures!! lol I have had a couple since then but not as bad. I have to be careful and cut real small and chew everything well. I had a vent for 13 days and that might be related. It’s really scary to be choking on something and know that any second it could cut the air off.
I also have a problem exhaling , it’s like a valve is getting stuck.:confused: