when I get old I'm going to have to do those aspiration swallow tests and probably end up on a diet of slightly thickened applesauce forever. :| for serious I choke on everydamnthing--food, water, my own damn spit...
@ThatDamnCat yep! never had a problem with 'em either--they've never been infected or inflamed or anything. there's just something mildly fucked up in my swallow reflex, and it seems to be getting worse with time. wheeeee aging blows F----- do not recommend (except the only current alternative is decomposition which doesn't seem to be much of an improvement so)
I feel for ya *hugs*
When I was in my teens and early 20s I would sometimes get sick to the point where my tonsils and uvula would close off my throat and I couldn't swallow without choking nor speak without gagging
Bodies are weird.
If anything, I've found aging has led me to be sick less often.
swearing lol
@ThatDamnCat yah, true. and I've gotten better at identifying and accommodating my body's persistent weird shit. still, it seems like there's always new ~surprise!~ bugs cropping up, and it's like "wait... what the fuck is this shit?? I DID NOT ASK FOR THIS AND WOULD LIKE A REPLACEMENT NOW"
swearing lol
@ThatDamnCat I am so lucky I did not do (most of) the dumb stuff to my body that a lot of my friends were doing when I was younger. a lot of them had the "lol would rather die young than get old" attitude, and then they started hitting their thirties and, well...
swearing lol
@green
sadly no warranty from here on
Self-maintenance is hard and I so see the value in it now