it hurts to talk. :,) for context yesterday i had gotten some food stuck in my throat at around 6:30 pm yesterday. normally this would be okay as i usually could get it out in a bit but nope. i will say i was not choking on my food, i just couldn’t get anything down after i ate that piece of food. i tried everything but stopped after a few hours. so the next day it had gotten worst as i kept waking up in the middle of the night and coughing up spit. this morning i was stubborn and refused to got to the doctor. eventually my mother pulled out her trump card, her being my power of attorney for medical stuff, and forced me to go to the ER. turns out i had a blockage in my throat and that my esophagus, aka my throat, had gotten so irritated and inflamed that i couldn’t get it out without medical attention. so i had to go under anesthesia and the wonderful medical staff removed the blockage. so now i can’t eat anything hard and only soft stuff for at least 3 days so my throat can get a chance to rest. it also hurts to speak sometimes so im not allowed to use my voice for the next couple of hours. so im going to have to take a small break from writing so that i can focus on recovery and to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again.