Anyone else choke and thought this is it.

I've always had problems with this as I think as a kid/young man I had a handful of traumatic cases of choking on foods here and there and it has slowly worked it's way into almost a phobia or something? So I basically chew the absolute **** out of everything I eat (way more than is necessary I'm sure) - means I take forever to eat and everyone always finishes eating well before me; very awkward when going out with groups etc. Similarly I just cannot swallow tablets no matter how tiny they are. Wish I could do something about it but not sure I can as it seems to be psychological
 
Happened to me a few months back. Was eating white chocolate and drinking some cask strength whisky at the same time. The chocolate made a sort of goo near the back of my mouth, and I took a sip of the whisky, which being fairly firey, made me take a sharp intake of breath. This shot the choco goo directly into my airway, and I instantly couldn't breathe.

Stood straight up, and wife upon hearing the horrible noise it made as I tried to breath started trying to heimlich me and thump my back. Stupidly my reaction was to push her off and just try to hock it up. Apparently that's usual to try and refuse help, but definitely not for the best. After about 10 seconds of heaving and hocking in combination with my wife battering my I managed to dislodge it.

I saw a good youtube video of a way to stop yourself choking alone. Put yourself in pressup position on the floor, then throw your arms forward so that you fall straight to the floor with a thud.
 
I will remember that bit of advice. - I just hope my arms can lift my 9 stone weight. :D

Just tried it and at the moment I can just do it but it hurt my back -but then I wouldn't care to much if I was choking.
 
Happened to me with a Murray Mint. I kind of relaxed backwards and breathed in at the same time and it went down my throat in a oner and blocked the tubes. It is amazing your body can go from relaxation to utter alertness in a fraction of a second, then panic. I think I just kept swallowing until it dislodged, but to this day I don't know if it went down into my lungs or down the proper tube. I guess we'll eventually find out if Murray Mints are as toxic as asbestos if it went down the airway, it has been about ten years.
 
Many years ago, I was at work on the back door at Harvey Nicks on a night shift and was eating an apple. I forgot how to eat and tried to breathe the bite of apple I'd just taken in. Thought I was a gonner, but after I staggered outside, I self-Heimliched by punching myself in the stomach several times.

I regaled this story at my last first aid at work course, the trainer (an ex-paramedic) said you can Heimlich yourself by bending over and using the back of a chair.
 
Middle of dinner hall when I was High school peperami lodged in my throat couldnt breath went blue next thing I know I'm waking up with it having flown out of my throat. My best mate apparantly jumped on me and it worked. Owed him my life ever since and can barely swallow tablets and never eaten a peperami again.
 
Happened to me in secondary school. Was sucking on a fresh polo mint as we were walking towards the bus to go home. Bus stop was on dual carriageway so you can see the bus coming, but it is quite far away to get to the stop. So we turn the corner onto the DC, start walking, suddenly a bus comes into view. We all take off towards the stop as fast as we can, I inhale hard and the polo slides into top of airway. I try to shout for help but nothing can get out. Eventually I get the same feeling as an earlier poster in this thread "this is it. Dying at 13 y old. ah well," As all the lads are so focused on the bus they don't see me stop or hear my attempt to call them. Eventually though my repeated screams dislodge the mint it fly's out and shatters on the ground.

And I still caught the bus. But man that felt like the end.
 
Never happened to me *touch wood*. but I have had to perform the Heimlich on somebody before. I swear, I have never seen anybody turn as blue as this woman did, she was like a female Dr. Manhattan.
 
arknor said:
I almost died last year.

Woke up in the night couldn't breathe at all airway just totally closed off for seemingly no reason.

panic for the first 20 seconds, kneeling on the floor in the hall way for the next 25 seconds pretty much accepted the fact that I was about to die.

felt kinda fine with it tbh, just thought "well now it's my time then"

then suddenly a slither of air was able to get through and a few more tries later I could breathe normally again.

Googling suggested to me that the piece of skin that supposed to stop fluids entering your lungs when you swallow can get so relaxed that it totally blocks your airway.

I'm guessing that's what happened to me, although recently I got put on what seems to be the strongest meds you can get for acid reflux.
seems in my sleep I've been cooking my oesophagus and part of my bronchial tree.

mucus was lining my insides so much I got misdiagnosed with bronchitis and then thought I had COPD when it wasn't going away (Hospital GPs useless it seems)
my actual doctor knew what it was within seconds
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I've got chronic GERD and asthma, you wait till you get an endoscopy, by the far the most disturbing thing I've ever experienced. The Filipino nurse stroking my head whilst the doctor was having a right good time of it was icing on the cake.
 
Years ago I was munching on a raw potato (part of a salad), I swallowed and immediately went to say something as I did, could just feel it stopping in my throat for about 2 seconds before sliding on its way. Scary moment as you can feel the blockage immediately.
 
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