Re: I was choking on popcorn.. anyone else with this problem????/Me TOO!!

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--Hi Ya'll, I haven't been posting to much but I am still out here

and reading the posts. This one I had to add too. I also have

trouble swallowing & choking.. I choke on my spit all the time. I

cough till I throw up... This has been more and more lately. You

really think it's the Fibro??? What else is going to happen to

us??? It's scary for sure...Hinky

- In Fibromyalgia_Support_Group , Annie G

wrote:

>

> Sometimes it feels like my throat is closing up on me. I don't

know if it is the fibro or a muscle related thing with my cervical

disc issues. It is scary when you don't feel like you can swallow.

>

> Hugs,

> Annie in TN

>

>

> weachy_01 wrote:

>

> >

> > Oh geez, Debra. That sounds awful. I suppose FM could affect your

> swallowing muscles. I think you should get this checked out if it

> continues. It's too scary to ignore.

> >

> > I get pills stuck on something in the back of my throat. The

little

> ones will get stuck and I can't get them to go down unless I swallow

> some food or a larger pill. I can't understand what they get caught

> up on. My family thinks my tonsils, but that doesn't seem right. It

> feels right in the center of the throat, like where the epiglottis

is.

> Know I probably spelled that wrong. That's what the flap is called

> that blocks the trachia when we swallow, right?

> >

> > Anyway, I hope your swallowing trouble goes away. Take care.

> > Jeanne in WI

> >

> >

> > Morning my friends. I just got up and woke up earlier than usual.

> I was hurting and my stomach is upset and have terrible allergies

> making my stomach sick from the post nasal drip.. Sorry. And I feel

> like a pile of crapola.

> >

> > Anyway, a question. I choked last night on some popcorn. A piece

> of it went into my trachea and I think into my lung. OUCH. I

> coughed and coughed so hard I was turning purple... scared my

little 6

> year old too. My husband who is usually not very interested in

> anything about how I feel, got alarmed. He ran over there hollaring

> " are you Ok " ? Well, I never completely shut off my airway and after

> about 5 minutes of horrible deep coughing it came up I think. It was

> a very tiny piece luckily.

> >

> > MY Question- Do any of you notice at times that you don't swallow

> the right way?????????????????????????????

> >

> > I believe that this fibro or whatever it is interferes with my

> swallowing muscles. I find that almost everyday I almost choke on

> something like soda, a piece of food, or my own saliva. It is not

> everytime I eat or drink, but is happening more and more frequent.

> Last night was the most severe and the closest I have come to really

> cutting off my airway. Hubby of course ran over and started hitting

> me on the back. (not the right thing to do but he was trying to

help).

> >

> > DO YOU THINK THIS BEAST OF A DISEASE affects our swallowing at

times?

> >

> > Of course, the heimlich maneuver whould have been the thing to do

> IF I stopped moving air. I was still moving air of course because I

> was coughing.

> >

> > love and hugs,

> > Debra V.

> >

> >