Hello everyone. I am a 48 y/o male from the US. I have been having what I would describe as mild dysphagia for about a year now. If I take slightly smaller bites of food, I do not have any issues swallowing, I still eat the same foods I always have and do not avoid any specific foods. My dysphagia is specific to solid food, generally anything over about what I guess I would consider maybe 60-75% as large as I would have done before noticing the symptom. Soft foods and liquids are no issue. I know no one can diagnose nor am I looking for one, just curious as to what symptoms you all had and how long you had them before a diagnosis. I have always had white coat syndrome and have generally avoided doctors for most of my life. I know I need to get in to a GI to get scoped, still working on the courage to do so. I haven't told anyone about my symptom; I need to tell my wife so that forces me to address it. I guess I haven't told her yet as I know that would set into motion things I can no longer avoid. In the year (I think it started in Sept 2024) since I first noticed it, I don't think the swallowing issue has really changed for better or worse; it is basically the same as it was last year. I have read that once you notice symptoms of EC that it progresses pretty rapidly, although that's ambiguous as rapidly is kind of open to interpretation. For those that had dysphagia, which I've read about 90% of people with EC have, how fast did it progress (if it did) from when you first noticed it? Was dysphagia your only symptom prior to or at diagnosis?
