Re: I was choking on popcorn.. Leanne

[Guest guest]

Leanne, it is the fact that research and doctors are clueless as to what the

hell this really is.  Lets face it, they have at least 4 theories I know of and

none of them exactly proven yet.  They do not know. That is why most of them

don't want to admit it is real.  A puzzle that cannot be figured out by the

greatest medical minds in the world???  

I have heard the toxin theory, the autoimmune theory, and the central nervous

system theory.  The latest one makes the most sense because if you think of it,

our entire body and the muscles and nerves which are affected are controlled by

the central nervous system... the brain and spinal cord. 

I will bet that when the day comes it is figured out, they will change the whole

name of the damn beast.  Fibromyalgia will be a term of the past.

love and hugs,

Debra v.

Subject: Re: I was choking on popcorn.. anyone else with this problem????

To: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group

Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008, 1:36 PM

>

> 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

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>

> 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.

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