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Ordering my favourite prawn curry, I was already salivating at the thought of devouring it in minutes.

Celebrating my 45th birthday in May 2021, I hoped that my usual curry was exactly what the doctor had ordered.

As for weeks, I hadn’t been able to enjoy a bite of anything.

Struggling to swallow any food, whether it was breakfast, lunch, or dinner, without a pain forming in my throat, I quickly assumed that I had an allergy.

So, cutting out dairy for a week, followed by gluten, I hoped that I could keep track of my diet to see what was causing me so much discomfort.

Only, nearly every single time I had managed to swallow something successfully, sick would rise in my throat, my body bringing it back up.

Clutching onto my neck, it felt like I was going to choke every time.

I just hoped that the prawn curry would be different, but after two small

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