Is becoming a problem…

Aging I hear can bring

This about

But a swallow of milk

Is beginning to worry me…

As I swallow it feels

Like it’s not going down

Then of course the panic

Begins and I start to cough

Sometimes it comes back up

Other times it goes down

With a burn and the pain continues

And radiates in the center

Of my chest kind of

Behind something…

Then it brings discomfort

To my shoulders

And continues for about

10 to 15 minutes

And then it’s gone

Leaving me coughing

As if an asthma attack…

It started a few months ago

But in the past few weeks

Everything seems to bring

On this blockage…

I feel like ice cream is

The only thing I’m not afraid

To swallow…

Is this my next scourge

Of aging…

First my sight, then incontinence

Then the awful cough.,,

Sleep apnea

Then my hearing and now swallowing…

It will be nice to have

A few days of peace and

Quiet but being alone

When I choke is a bit

Frightening…