Hello. My name is Tonya and I have been on a diet since I was 9 years old.
This first line sets up the theme of today’s post.
This first line also just sent my mother into cardiac arrest…because its not 100% accurate. I didn’t really start dieting when I was nine…and continue dieting for the next 40 years…but it is probably 95% accurate or at least it feels that way!
Diet should be my middle name. Tonya Diet Rohr. Seriously though, I have been on every kind of diet plan and regimen you can I imagine. It started with the Vienna Sausage Diet (don’t ask). Then the, pee on the little stick diet (again, don’t ask). Then there was the boiled cabbage diet, the eat no good thing diet, the 500 calorie a day diet, and the all too popular…don’t eat at all diet. Of course all of these were during my young and dumb years and as expected, none of them worked.
Now that I am older and wiser my “diets” are not really diets at all…just tweaks here and there to my daily intake…purposing to eat sensible and healthy for the long hall. But every now and then I get a wild hair to try something new.
Years ago I watched a news segment on T.V. about the health benefits of pure, raw apple cider Vinegar. There were many, many health benefits discussed in this segment, but one caught my attention….weight loss! The guy that was sharing the information, coached his listeners not only on how beneficial vinegar was but also about how quick and easy it was to just “shoot” back two teaspoons of Vinegar, like a shot of whiskey….and just like that…it would be over. “it’s not bad at all”, the nice T.V. man said.
Well that’s all I needed to hear…quick…easy…fat loss! I immediately went to the health food store and purchased exactly what he advised. I couldn’t wait to get home and “shoot” it back and watch the pounds melt away. Later that afternoon, I made my way to the kitchen with my bottle of pure gold. I began to dig through the cabinets, looking for an old souvenir shot glass Caleb had bought for me while he was on a field trip (I know what your thinking..likely story…blame it on the kid) after some digging I finally found it. I opened the $4.49 bottle of fat killer and poured me a shot.
Let me stop and interject something right here. I HATE taking liquid medicine or drinking anything nasty for that matter…I always have. Ask my mother. Over the years, many a prescription medicine went to waste as I spewed it all over the kitchen.
Anyway, I had considered the fact that drinking raw vinegar might taste pretty nasty, but if it would help me lose some of my belly fat it would be so worth it. And, it is after all, just a shot, I told myself.
I stood at the kitchen sink, holding the shot of vinegar in one hand while simultaneously holding my nose with the other. To help myself, I imagined that I was a cowboy in a spaghetti western, sitting at the bar eyeballing my shot glass, craving the cool wet sensation to hit the back of my throat…when suddenly I did it! Just like the man said. I just threw it back in one smooth quick motion.
To help you understand what happened next, I would like for you to put your hands out in front of you as if you were going to clap your hands. As you hold your hands out…spread your fingers apart as far as they will go…now firmly clap you hands together with great force while at the same time firmly lacing your fingers, tightly griping your hands together.
That is what my throat did when I “shot” the vinegar!
It immediately closed up with such force that NOTHING was going in or out! NO AIR! NO COUGHING! NO NOTHING! Suddenly I was no longer in a spaghetti Western sitting at the bar enjoying a cool drink. I was in my kitchen…gasping for air…choking to death! I panicked and thought, I am going to die right here in the middle of my kitchen floor and nobody is gonna know what happened! Within a few seconds of gasping for air and pleading to Jesus for deliverance, air finally began to creep its way back into my lungs.
For heavens sake! I almost died following that man’s stupid advice just to lose a few pounds! Well, needless to say I opted to keep my fat and use the $4.49 bottle of pure raw apple cider Vinegar to clean my garbage disposal instead!
Fast forward about five years. While at church one day I overheard a friend talking about her remarkable results from drinking Apple Cider Vinegar….my ears perked up and I happily chimed in on the conversation. “I tried that once, and I almost died!” I said. ” how?” she inquired. “well”, I said, “I just shot a couple of teaspoons back and my throat closed up…literally”. With a shocked look on her face she said, “oh you can’t drink it straight! It will burn your throat!”
[ya think?]
Out of curiosity I asked her how she took it. That’s when I learned that you’re suppose to dilute two teaspoons in a cup of water with a little honey. (where was she when I was watching the T.V, show?) then she added that she was extremely pleased with the results…weight loss!
Well, put a stick in my behind and call me a sucker! because today…I went back to the store and bought another bottle of “mothers” apple cider Vinegar. I thought to myself, if my friend can do it surely I can do it! So, once again I anxiously went to my kitchen, pulled from the cabinet, the prettiest glass I could find and poured 8oz. of cold water. Then I added about a tablespoon of honey and two teaspoons of “tummy tuck in a bottle”.
Carefully, I positioned myself over my kitchen sink anticipating what was about to happen. Would I die? Would I gag? Would I throw up? Would I instantly lose five pounds? All I knew was that my friend told me once I started drinking, not to stop, just keep on chugging it down! I was determined to do this! With every ounce of courage I could muster up, I grabbed that really pretty class full of a liquid that smelled like soured feet, grabbed my nose with the other hand and began to chug!
As soon as nasty mess hit the back of my throat, it wrapped itself around my gag reflex and sent my hopes for a flat belly spewing all over the place!
Dear Lord how can anybody drink this stuff! I thought.
Ten minutes later, with a nose, red from me pinching it so hard, and a stomach that was threatening to bring back up what I had just forced down…I had done it! I was victorious! I drank it! Well most of it…not counting what I “lost” in the sink. And I do declare that when I put my jeans on right after that they felt looser 😉 I tell myself that so maybe I can do the same thing again tomorrow.
Or maybe I’ll just bypass the whole drinking Vinegar ordeal and go put on my Spanx 😉
Thanks for reading! I love you more than my front porch swing!
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Well you are right I am in convulsions laughing. I am glad you cleared up that first line. I will plead guilty for allowing you to see ME try every diet I ever heard of. Just saying, if the Vinegar diet works let me know because I’m still trying. So I’m quessing that when I see you at church Sunday I won’t know if you look 10 pounds lighter because of the Vinegar or the Spanx.
This too happebed to me….and my throat is burning really bad or more like my esophagus and its hard to swallow…what did you do to relieve the burning sensation?
It took 24 hours before it went away. Just hang in there. I ate bread and butter Or jam.. really time is the only thing.
Very scary, I know
Tonya, I can hardly contain myself!!! You are so-o-o funny!!! I am laughing so hard. Us women will do some pretty crazy things just to lose a few pounds!!! As i have not heard of the Vinegar Diet, and will probably Not try it, good luck on your weight loss!!! You look great by the way!! Love you and your stories!!! Keep them coming!!!
I too, nearly died choking last night. I inhaled it on accident. I was told by my mom that “shooting” it was easy. The shock from the taste and my eagerness to not gag involuntarily made me gag resulting in this scary gasping game for air. It’s like the cinnamon challenge on steroids. Dilute as much as possible!!
Ok read your pasty butt story and then could not stop and read about 5 more. You have a gift Tonya. Would love to know how The new chickens are doing.
I am very happy I am not the only one who had her throat close up when swallowing a little vinegar (by accident-taking a taste-1/2 tsp.- of a cole slaw dressing to see what I needed to add!)!!! I was so scared and thought I would die in my kitchen, too! My throat is still a bit sore twenty four hours later.
This is exactly what happened to me at the deli counter in my grocery store. I am freaked out and so embarrassed. I asked for a sample taste of the vinegar based coleslaw, and my throat slammed shut completely. I could not breathe. I began trying to force it to open by making loud throat clearing noises which scared everyone around me. It finally relaxed. Never again. Me and that vinegar coleslaw are enemies! My throat is a bit sore a few hours later. Yikes. Thank God I didn’t die. I wonder if it’s even possible to die this way, though. Scary how you can just be going about your business one second, and then in the next terrified witless.
Oh my… I was looking for someone who has had this experience and I found your blog. My husband made an Italian dinner with bread, olive oil & vinegar. But instead of using balsamic vinegar he used red wine vinegar… yikes!!! :/ Like a dummy I soaked with the bread and as soon as I put it in my mouth oh mama!!! It was exactly the way you describe no air going in or out… it was an eerie silence and than panic… yes thoughts of dying too. Very, very scary!
I LOVE vinegary foods, pickles, vinegar and oil dressings, etc but if i get too much at once it does this to me too! First time it happened I thought well this is it..I am going to die in an Italian restaurant!
I know! That’s what I thought….oh well I guess I’m going to die right here in the kitchen floor. LOL!
Omg! I just experienced the choking spasm, it went on for 2 minutes I was so sure I would run out of air and die… My mom decided to give me a shot of 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar mixed with oregano oil. Super fun! Not really, I was so near to fainting. I’ve never experienced that before, it’s been a few hours and my throat feels like I swallowed fire. So thankful for this post! I might of gone crazy!
I am surprised that there isn’t a warning on the vinegar.
I took a shot of white vinegar this morning hoping to prevent a stomach flu my wife had. As soon as I downed a shot, my throat closed and I couldn’t breath at all, a stumbled to the floor making a loud squeaking sound from my throat and after 40 seconds started to pass out,face was numb fingers tingling. Then I was finally able to get a breath through my nose and it took 20 minutes or so to stop shaking from Adrenalin!
This just happened to me 30 minutes ago ! I honestly thought i was dead. I know know what the fear of dying is truly like. So i googled it and found this. Exactly the same experience. I couldn’t believe i was going to die right there and then, because when it when it happens you have no idea if and when your throat will ever open back up. At the point i felt myself about to pass out is when it barely opened just enough that i could with all my strength suck just enough air in to keep from passing out. It’s literally like your nose and mouth are 100% sealed and theres no air that can get in or out. Scared doesn’t begin to describe it. For now on i’ll be taking it in a glass of water like they say to !
Oh man, too bad we didn’t all google this BEFORE it happened.
Wow, talk about fight or flight! I’m so sorry to my body for putting you through that unnecessary, sheer panic!
I, also in the kitchen, was sure this might be the end. No laughing matter. Maybe in a few days it will become funny?
It was a teaspoon. And I remember thinking, right before I threw it in my mouth, what will this be like? Different, I’m sure, than when I would drink it with water but man, I was fine with it!
Next, I literally threw my head back like I would take gross-tasting medicine, and it hit the back of my throat spot on, and I choked. “Why can’t I breathe?! Even just a little bit?! What now???!!”
I ran past my roomate who was watching tv, made a odd squeak as I tried to gasp/swallow, then chucked the front door open and tried to take in air. He got up, followed me to the door, and asked, “are you just choking?”
JUST?!!! (He later clarified that he thought I was having a panic attack.)
Oh my word! I tried to breathe in steam, drink hot tea with honey, and can barely feel my throat in order to clear it. Hopefully my voice won’t suffer long term!!
I hope the rest of you are ok!!! Spread the word! :)))
And Thanks you guys, for sharing!!
So glad I found these posts. Happened to me yesterday, I was home alone eating a salad I made with red vinegar and EVO. The dressing was so good, at the end I attempted to sip the dressing from the bottom of the bowl. Big mistake. Immediately, my throat closed, gag reflex took place. I could not breath, no air was getting through, I thought I was going to die. I took a drink of water and coughed and thank God, I was able to get some air into my lungs. I said to myself, “this is it, I am going to die right here in the kitchen and no one will know why”! I have in the past, choked on salad dressing with red vinegar or balsamic. But this was a near death experience, I kid you not. Thank you all for your posts, I thought it was just me!
Boy do I feel relieved! Went on line to find medical help or find out if I’ve possibly done damage to my vocal cords (still a bit of a challenge to swallow) and rather than feeling sorry for myself I end up identifying and laughing!!
As I read your post, it was comforting to see that this situation has happen to many people. I would agree with you, that this was most terrifying thing to go through. I also felt like I was going to die, it had to be about three- or four seconds, but man those are the longest seconds you’ll even live. Your so helpless, and there’s nothing you can do. Afterwards I felt like vomiting, but as I tried to calm down that went away, but the coughing and clearing the throat continued for almost an hour and my throat felt very raw. This happen to me another time with tasting some balsamic vinegar. I like the Apple Cider Vinegar and probably won’t stop drinking it, but have to be super careful, I some how got the stronger portion of it, it was diluted with water, but the part I drank was stronger some how. It works very well with acidic in your stomach, fast and better than any drugs.
love that we can all laugh about one of the scariest things to have happened to me.. i had mixed 2 tbs of ACV and a tbs of honey into 8oz of water… since i had previously experienced the throat closing with a different ‘recipe’ of the same ingredients, i knew i had to sip it instead of shooting back a swig.. well on my second sip it happened again and i started wondering if it was just me… thanks to everyone who posted, i now know this seems to be common… i still am sipping it and praying it wont happen again.. last time it had my sinuses all messed up for a day.. throat raw, nose running and feeling like i had to ‘clear’ my throat for the rest of the day!! shheeesh!
I did the shot down the throat with no problem for the first few days. I heard this can reduce cholesterol. Last night for the first time I choked on it. Today, I am experiencing those exact symptoms you just described. Think I might wait a day or two before I take any more. Still feels like I douched my sinuses with battery acid.
This happened to me today. I usually take Apple cider vinegar with a spoon because my friend told me it helped with sore throats. My throat closes and I was literally choking lol and tears started streaming out of my eyes. I thought I wa going to die too lol. It was really embarrassing because my whole family saw.
Geez!, I just finally calmed down from an Apple Cider Vinegar incident about a half hour ago. Somebody needs to get the word out about this product or slap a warning on the label. I was just about to settle in for the evening. I looked in the pantry to get some canned beets and seen the A/C/V. I heard many people claim it’s healthy to add to your diet for many reasons. So I lifted up the harmless looking bottle and said to myself,”To My Health!”,as I proceeded to pour a calculated shot down the hatch. Being by myself, I found myself in a fight for oxygen precious oxygen as I flailed around trying to grab a glass for water, then crashing into the fridge to bust open a soda. All the while making sqeaky noises in an attempt to catch my breath. After about ten seconds (eternity), I calmed myself, relaxed as much as I could in this type situation and finally oxygen oh! sweet oxygen started to circulate again. All I got to say about A/C/V is NEVER AGAIN! GOLLY GEEZ OH MAN!!!!!
This just happened to me and I am glad I found your post and others. I took a tiny bit in my mouth, cuz I thought I read somewhere that it would help bad breath. Immediately my throat closed and I was gasping for air. I tried to drink but I couldn’t swallow. I finally grabbed an ice chip and had it melt and was able to start to swallow, but it wasn’t enough. I began chewing the ice like crazy and FINALLY, I was able to breath and swallow. Then I took a tsp of honey, because I felt like I had a really bad sore throat and I could hardly talk. It’s been about 10 minutes and it still hurts when I swallow. I read an article that it burns the throat and mucus membranes and also the esophagus and may cause permanent damage! Yikes! People, you will just have to live with my bad breath! 🙂
Oh my god, this just happened me in the kitchen, am almost 8months pregnant and woke to a sick tummy, I have taken apple cider vinegar before and as much as I despise drinking medicines and usually vomit after them, I thought I’d push on for the sake of settling my stomach gas. Lord God in heaven my entire throat just closed over, completely blocked, like anaphylaxis, I croaked and groaned gasping for air slapping my chest, users streaming down my face. my husband pushing for work hurried into the kitchen and said “are you okay?” to which I half squeaked and off he took out the door getting ready!!! This must be what an asthma or emphysema sufferer experiences. finally air crept in!!!genuinely thought I was going to die!!!! suffice to say will NOT be attempting it again.
Ditto to all. I have been taking straight shots of Bragg’s AVC for years with no issue until last night. As soon as I started choking my wife called 911, was able to get my breath back by the time she got off the phone (probably couldn’t breathe for 45 long seconds). Some 30 seconds after she made 911 call, every emergency team that you could imagine was pouring into my home. Very embarrassing as I have just moved into the neighborhood. I do wonder now though, if and how many people could have died from this.
okay, should read that tears were streaming down my face and my husband was rushing out the door to work. lol. adrenaline!!!
I have been searching the internet trying to find someone who had the same experience as I did yesterday at my grandson’s b-day party. It wasn’t vinegar……it was whisky. I NEVER drink anything more than a sip of Lite Beer but everyone was daring me to take a swig. I decided I would try it. I swallowed a tiny bit and immediately, I could NOT breath. I was trying to suck in air but could only make a squeaking noise just like what many have described. My son kept telling me I was OK but I was NOT OK. I kept trying to get air past my vocal cords to breath. I just knew I was dying. I wanted to pass out so I wouldn’t have to suffer anymore. FINALLY, I was able to get a little bit of air through and then I could breath. THEN, I had a massive panic attack. I will NEVER EVER drink again. I don’t care what anyone says.
I sat here just laughing so hard i was crying reading your post on , The Vinegar diet.. It is so funny.. I could just see you and what that must of looked like..
This happened to me with French bread dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I was better after laying on my side and coughing up some mucus covered bread crumbs with vinegar on them.
You inhale or aspirate some vinegar white eating and can’t inhale for a few seconds (or more). It’s called laryngospasm and subsequent vasovagal syncope. That means the vinegar irritates your vocal chords and your throat closes up to prevent you inhaling more acid. Then if you don’t clear it out and start breathing again, you pass out. It usually clears up on its own, but you can have long term vocal chord damage. Read about it here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1785201/?report=classic
It’s two thirds down the page.
Thank you for naming it! This just happened to me while I was eating a salad with vinaigrette. I knew I wasn’t choking on food but I couldn’t get any air. Terrifying.
I really enjoyed reading your Apple cider vinegar story…it made me laugh and helped me take my mind off the burning pain I was experiencing after I accidently aspirated apple cider vinegar. I was frantically doing a Google search for remedies when I came across your story. I stopped gagging and coughing long enough to read through to the end of the story without dying. Only a few minutes earlier I was convinced my head was going to explode. Now I’m feeling fine and life goes on. Thank you for making my day and putting a smile on my face.
OMG! Same here! My throat is still throbbing and I’m glad my husband has an Epi-pen. I didn’t use it, just popped a Benadryl. I drink a cocktail of unsweetened cranberry juice, ACV, liquid B12 and lemon juice. Too lazy to make a fresh batch, I decide to at least take two tablespoons of raw ACV. Shoot it, it will be faster, I think. My throat closed like boom!! Tonya, you are a hoot, and I’m glad I met you!
This is hilarious! I was just googling to make sure my lungs will be okay and I found this. I just took at table spoon and I accidentally inhaled it! I couldn’t breath at all for about 7 seconds followed 5 very forced gasps of air and then a lot of coughing. I wasn’t in a panic though. I was very calm and jumped into nursing mode all I could think was “oxygen”. I can’t believe how common this is!
My throat is still hurting and it’s hard to swallow this morning . What can I do to make my throats feel better after the apple cider vinegar experience.
I’m a man. I can do this. People shoot burning alcohol. Sure it tastes bad, that’s what good medicine does. Ok, here we go….. that wasn’t so b………can’t breath, can’t breath! Sucks in air through straw thin throat. Oh crap! I burnt my throat! It’s closeing off. I’m going to die in my kitchen. Not very manly. Wait, I can breath through my nose. *quickly chugs some alovera drink. Better. Much better. Hey I’m not going to die. That was aweful…… I wonder if anyone else was this dumb. *start searching on phone.
I too took a teaspoon of ACV, like I normally do if I feel bloated. I’ve done it many times in the past, but this night? Boy was it different. I woke up, husband at work, so I went to the kitchen took a teaspoon full and tried to swallow and throat and nose immediately closed up. I started to bang on the countertop, the walls, etc in panic and my daughter came in and freaked out with me. She was just as terrified as I was. Asking me mom what should I do, let me call 911, let me take you to the hospital, then finally the air slowly started coming through again. My heart rate stayed up the rest of the night with my panic attack. She stayed in my bed that night. We were up for hours talking like it was our last.
It wasn’t until I mentioned it to my sister in law who said she had the same experience years earlier that I googled it and found this article.
I, fortunately, did not have the soar throat or nasal issues after, but I immediately took two benedryl thinking I had an allergic reaction.
This just happened to me at a grocery store where I sampled a white crusty bread and then to the side was a mixture of EVOO and balsamic vinegar. No sooner did I swallow the bread with the mixture my throat closed. In hindsight I did have more vinegar on the bread than the oil. It was without a doubt the scariest thing that has ever happened to me. My husband was standing there, and people started to gather around because apparently my face turned red. I immediately grabbed a cup that was in this same area and got some hot water, only thing available (thank God it wasn’t real hot) as soon as I took a sip my throat opened – and then I had to assure everyone around me I was not choking. But, yes, like someone else said, I think vinegar should come with a warning!
I MIX SALINE SOLUTION FOR FOR NETI POT WITH VINEGAR BY ACCIDENTALLY,THINKING HAD PUT DISTILL WATER IN IT STARTED TO FLUSH MY NOSE ONLY A DROP OR TWO IN THE NOSTRIL , BURN AND TINGLE LIKE HELL FOR SECOND, WHICH FELT LIKE IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE BRAIN DO ANYBODY KNOW IF THERE WAS REAL DAMAGE DONE TO ITSELF OF NOSE CAVITY OR BRAIN
This makes me feel so much better about my gasping near death experience. I had thrown back lots of cap fulls of acv when I had a horrendous sore throat a couple weeks back. It was nothing more than a nuisance at the time, certainly no death inducing experience. I still has so much left, and I have a friend who has tried acv for health. So this morning I figured I’d toss back a tiny cap full easy. Head back, liquid tossed. Immediate gasping, strangled breaths, tears streaming. Manage to chug some water and was able to breathe…. throats still feels raw and swallowing is a pain. Luckily, thus has eased my mind and assured me I’m not drowning randomly.
Wow! I am so happy to come across this post on ACV & the horror it caused me today. Not thinking anything about taking a couple teaspoons like a shot, I thought that was the end of my time! I suddenly couldn’t breath, felt like I was drowning, gasping for air, eyes watering & panic attack! It took me a couple hours to finally calm down. Once I calm down my throat is still raw like sore throat, headache & my nose is running like I have a sinus infection or cold. Any solutions to help these symptoms go away?
If I didn’t find all of you.. I think I would have had my husband drive me to the ER. WHAT aHORRIBLE experience.
I’ve been taking a teaspoon of ACV off and on for years.. Just today I buy a new bottle.. (obviously the old ones just didn’t seem that potent), took a teaspoon and thought I ended my life. Gasped it right into my lungs. Thought death was eminent. Banging on the countertop to get my husbands attention upstairs didn’t work.. but my dogs had a panic attack and made such a racket, my husband at least yelled- everything ok down there? Finally getting a drop of air I was able to squeak out..I’m ok. Though at this time I was on the floor trying to remain conscious.
Finally air came in and the choking disapated. I calmed down enough to Google if I was going to die or not. And found all of you. Hope you’re all still alive- misery loves company.. and I sure love you guys for writing about something I thought I was the only one that was going to die from this.
This sore throat tho is intense. Wish someone wrote how long that lasts.
Safe road ahead everyone!
Gosh, my throat closed up this morning, too. I thought i could counteract bitter acidy orange juice with a colorful of adv. Yikes no air got through the swollen throat and I grabbed a glass of water.. Thought I was going to pass out. I’m a 74 year-old Grandma. Thanks for these posts.. my throat still hurts and now i know it’ll go away by tomorrow. Much thanks!
Then why is Dr. Oz telling us to take it to lose weight! It said deluded with water so I swallowed it down and I felt my throat start to close up and raw and I felt hotness down to my kidneys! How are people taking this to lose weigh! We have to die to lose the weight! It doesn’t say it’s dangerous on the bottle!
I too had my throat close up, thinking I was dying. My chest, abdomen, throat and ears burned. Waited an hour it didn’t go away and I was left gripping my chest in such pain. Went to the e.r found out I had aspirated some into my lungs and sent my heart rate rocketing while my blood pressure dropped. Took 2 hours in the hospital to return to normal and even now 2 days later I am wheezing and a wet cough in my lungs. Bottle doesn’t tell u to dilute. Don’t make this mistake!!! It is the scariest most painful fad j have ever tried
I just freaking did this today!! Had no idea it was going to close my throat and make it go up my nose! I had no idea not to drink it straight, I thought if I could get it over with quickly, I’d be in the clear. Well, all my co-workers went home and I was the last one at the kitchen, and I was thinking I was suffocating without anyone around! After being under the sink with water and drool dripping from my chin, i could barely speak. Coughing like a maniac, I told my mom everything and they too were surprised. My throat is still in pain and I’ve been drinking honey, peanut butter, and tea with coconut oil, AND IT STILL HURTS! Word to the wise… NEVER DO THAT!
This just happened to me too! Exactly the same reaction and symptoms. I’m so glad to have found your story because I couldn’t find information on it anywhere. I can’t believe the reaction my body had… serious adrenaline and feeling of my upcoming death in my kitchen. Thanks for posting and I had a good chuckle through my very dry and phlegmy throat.
I know! I felt the exact same way. I just knew my death was seconds away. Then, slowly, air began to creep it’s way back into my chard throat. Glad my experience could give you a little peace, you are NOT alone. Thanks for reading
I used ACV as a gargle to stop what felt like I was getting sick. Now I can’t tell if I am because, after 48 hours, my throat still burns around the opening down. Luckily the burning all the way down my neck stopped pretty quickly. I’ve been using Honey, Halls lozenges, and tea to keep the pain at bay and allow my voice to return. Today was the first day I could invest cold items without cringing. I hope this clears up soon.
I was in a hurry to leave for work and remembered to take my acv. I poured some in a cup and added water. Started to chug it and you know that feeling when it’s about to go down the wrong pipe and it comes back up and out your nose? No big deal right? Not when its water, but this was acv…!
My sinuses felt like I had just snorted straight acid and I was going to die. It stopped hurting for a couple minutes, so I got in the car to leave for work. Got out of the driveway and here it comes! There is no way I can drive now. I pull over and run back into the house, crying, calling my boss. I imagine that this is what flesh eating virus feels like. I blew my nose, gagged, snorted a gallon of water so I could blow it out over and over, gargled, stuffed tissue up my nose. Looked at the saline spray and thought about whether I wanted to live or die. I decided I wanted to live so I didnt try that. I even snorted water, closed my throat and pinched my nose and jumped up and down to swish the water around in there only to blow it out. Now here comes the body’s defence and my sinuses and throat started to fill with mucus to help blow it out. This must be what rabies is like, almost foaming at the mouth… it has been two hours now. I’m feeling a little better. My sniffer is broken, sinuses raw, my head is pounding, my throat is raw. My boss is asking if I’m alive. He said that my holistic fixed are going to kill me. Maybe I’ll try to go to work. This is marked as my not so dead after all day. Here’s to new beginnings. Cheers to you all for not dieing.
I am an RN, just had this happened to me again !! The First time it was Vinegar in a salad,so I have avoided that, tonight my friend made steak & I put steak sauce on it as usual,my first bite of meat with the sauce, airway totally closed up, no air in or out, could not talk, thinking I am going to DIE !! high pitched wheeze, could not even cough, after a few seconds of total panic, I grabbed my water and was able to get a little down, slowly got sips down & cough breath again, some coughing, we looked at the Ingredients in the steak sauce, the
second one was Vinegar!! I never thought it could happen with a steak sauce, I will read labels now for anything that
could contain vinegar,at least I knew what was Happening.What a 4 th of July !!