The symptoms began while I was on vacation in late April. I was eating dinner at a restaurant in Turks and Caicos when the difficulty swallowing hit; pieces of shrimp and coconut became lodged in my throat—even the water I tried to wash it down with shot up through my nose because I couldn't swallow it. After two days of this, plus the added symptom of losing my voice, I sought help at a local urgent care. The doctors there weren't sure what I had—though they ruled out COVID-19 after I tested n