My auntie swallowed a fish bone what should she do?

Is it possible that a fish bone has been stuck in my throat for 5 years?

• When I was 13 I swallowed a fish bone, when that happened I felt a huge pain in my throat for weeks and I felt something there whenever I swallowed, but when I went to the doctors they say that there was nothing..The pain and that feeling that I had something there would come for a few moments now and then since that happened... I also got a lump in my neck (in the spot where it hurts) when that happened. I've had this lump in my neck for 5 years now... So, a few days ago, when I was screaming, I felt that pain again and the sensation that I have something in my throat...and now it hurts so much sometimes...it's the exact same thing I felt before...the exact same place in my throat. It's the same thing. I don't know if this helps, but I got my tonsils removed when I was 5 and I also get food stuck in my throat probably every week... All I want to know is that if it is possible that the fish bone is still there... Please, help me, I even have been losing sleep because of this. Thanks

• Answer:

  It's not possible that it is still in there. I'm sure it feels that way because you damaged the hell out of your esophagus. You probably have some scar tissue that can still get irritated to this day by doing things like screaming. If you had a bone stuck inside of you, you would have a very nasty infection and it would not take but a matter of days for that to start, not years. It's not in there. You are feeling irritation from the past damage.