Swallowing; While in the hospital experienced severe swallowing difficulty of sudden onset. Endoscopy revealed my usual gastric ulcer.PLUS a severe HerpesSimplex I infection of the esophagus. Three days in hopital IV antiviral agent plus 10 more days at home oral cyclovir qid cured me. Now can eat and swallow anything. [log in to unmask] (Mary Manfredi)