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lemon_and_mint · Post by **lemon_and_mint** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:55 pm

i just choked myself, it was scary.

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Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:58 pm

lemon_and_mint;748916 wrote: i just choked myself, it was scary.

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awwww hope your ok hun, have a bowl of icecream if your throats sore hun:-6

Post by **spot** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:00 pm

You've been playing with shoelaces, lemony?

lemon_and_mint · Post by **lemon_and_mint** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:01 pm

i'm ok now thanks, i had a bit of cheese lodged at the back of my throat, only a small bit, but i couldnt cough, couldnt swallow it, was gasping for air.

Thats really frightening.

Hence my phobia of choking, it happens a lot however careful i am when swallowing, my eyes were watering.

Post by **spot** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:03 pm

That's horrid. Does a glass of water clear it?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:04 pm

I'm with ya on that, lemon and mint. Choking is a scary experience. Been there.

Glad you're okay now.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:04 pm

May I say, Your avatar is very apt. :wah:

ps, hope you're ok.

lemon_and_mint · Post by **lemon_and_mint** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:04 pm

no, i cant drink the water when that happens.

In the end, sorry if this is gross, i have to put my finger down my throat and remove it.

Why doesnt it happen to other people when they put much more intotheir mouths than i do.???

This was no bigger than a pea.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:05 pm

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:06 pm

happened to me 3 times, always at night in bed. First time I was pregnant and couldnt breathe, luckily for me hubby is asthmatic and the calmest person you want in that situation and he got me through it as I panicked big time. Second and third were whilst ill with bad cold and swollen glands.........Its horrid and I totally sympathise with peeps who suffer panic attacks. Im lucky my hubby was with me every time as I panic too much to deal with it myself.

Hope your ok hun.....drimk lots to soothe your throat and it helps for the next day as I found it was still sore the next day.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:08 pm

lemon_and_mint;748926 wrote: i'm ok now thanks, i had a bit of cheese lodged at the back of my throat, only a small bit, but i couldnt cough, couldnt swallow it, was gasping for air.

Thats really frightening.

Hence my phobia of choking, it happens a lot however careful i am when swallowing, my eyes were watering.

I have done that a few times,, it is scary:(

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:08 pm

Oh, I am glad you are all right.

Snooze · Post by **Snooze** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:11 pm

If it makes you feel any better, I choke on my own spit. Usually at work and I'll start coughing uncontrollably, red in the face, nose running, eyes tearing. I'd have to laugh if it wasn't me. :rolleyes:

I trip on air too... that's always good for a laugh.

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:14 pm

Snooze;748942 wrote: If it makes you feel any better, I choke on my own spit. Usually at work and I'll start coughing uncontrollably, red in the face, nose running, eyes tearing. I'd have to laugh if it wasn't me. :rolleyes:

I trip on air too... that's always good for a laugh.

:wah::wah::wah: could you video it next time:wah:

lemon_and_mint · Post by **lemon_and_mint** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:14 pm

Snooze;748942 wrote: If it makes you feel any better, I choke on my own spit. Usually at work and I'll start coughing uncontrollably, red in the face, nose running, eyes tearing. I'd have to laugh if it wasn't me. :rolleyes:

I trip on air too... that's always good for a laugh.

oh yes, i choke on my own saliva too.Thats frightening as well.

The worse was when i swallowed a bit of an extra strong peppermint and i dint think i would ever be able to take another breath.See i had even been eating it in small pieces - i would never put put a whole candy in my mouth and even doing that doesnt save me.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:16 pm

lemon_and_mint;748948 wrote: oh yes, i choke on my own saliva too.Thats frightening as well.

The worse was when i swallowed a bit of an extra strong peppermint and i dint think i would ever be able to take another breath.See i had even been eating it in small pieces - i would never put put a whole candy in my mouth and even doing that doesnt save me.

Maybe you are putting in pieces too small:-2 I cant eat peanuts cos i have trouble swallowing them,,,:o

Snooze · Post by **Snooze** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:17 pm

lemon_and_mint;748948 wrote: oh yes, i choke on my own saliva too.Thats frightening as well.

The worse was when i swallowed a bit of an extra strong peppermint and i dint think i would ever be able to take another breath.See i had even been eating it in small pieces - i would never put put a whole candy in my mouth and even doing that doesnt save me.

Altoids? Those make my tongue go numb.

Snooze · Post by **Snooze** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:17 pm

Chezzie;748947 wrote: :wah::wah::wah: could you video it next time:wah:

You're a closet sadist, aren't you. :sneaky:

lemon_and_mint · Post by **lemon_and_mint** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:18 pm

Snooze;748955 wrote: Altoids? Those make my tongue go numb.

no not an altoid thats what they are called, extra strong mints.Enormous round ones.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:21 pm

You know Lemon & Mint, sometimes there is a physical reason if you choke that often. It is something to tell the doctor about next time.

I choke alot, stress and all seem to make it happen more often. But then it was a symptom that went with something else, so when I told the doctor once he looked into it. (cuz' the other stuff) So I at least know why now.

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:32 pm

Glad you're okay now Lemon :-6

Scary when it happens

lemon_and_mint · Post by **lemon_and_mint** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:32 pm

hello chonsi i did ask the doctor about it a couple of years ago, it had got worse with stress, and he said there was something called globus hystericus which stops people swallowing when stressed.He gave me some muscle relaxants, which i wasnt sure if they worked, or i was less stressed, or i just didnt happen to choke, but the doctor wasnt too worried about it.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:44 pm

lemon_and_mint I have the very same problem. In my family they call me the chocker. I have had swallow test while eating different textures of food. Upper GI test you name it. My doctor came to the same conclusion as yours. I have learned to not eat certain foods that helps alot. Its a awful feeling for sure. :-3

[QUOTE]no, i cant drink the water when that happens.

In the end, sorry if this is gross, i have to put my finger down my throat and remove it.

Why doesnt it happen to other people when they put much more intotheir mouths than i do.???

This was no bigger than a pea.[/QUOTE]

lemon_and_mint · Post by **lemon_and_mint** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:49 pm

if i eat for example rice or chicken, or real food as opposed to icecream, mashed potato, etc, i always have it swimming in sauce or gravy as that is much easier to swallow.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:51 pm

lemon_and_mint smart I do the very same thing. Dry food like chips and crackers, health bars always seem to start me on a coughing spell that leads to chocking. Just can't win. :-5

[QUOTE]if i eat for example rice or chicken, or real food as opposed to icecream, mashed potato, etc, i always have it swimming in sauce or gravy as that is much easier to swallow.[/QUOTE]

lemon_and_mint · Post by **lemon_and_mint** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:53 pm

this is why i am very worried about people taking part in eating contests, swallowing cinnoman challenges, or eating dry crackers in those school contests.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:56 pm

Well you won't see me in any eating contest ever. I have to be careful to chew right and not eat to fast. It just us sweetie we have the chocking, coughing thingy.. :wah:

[QUOTE]this is why i am very worried about people taking part in eating contests, swallowing cinnoman challenges, or eating dry crackers in those school contests.[/QUOTE]