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Greend
Greend Member Posts: 678
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I have been carrying on a conversation with Hondo and it reminded me of something that almost happened to me that those of you with "sticking food" syndrom might want to know.

I was in the hospital recently and had a tube but at that time was still trying to eat - SEE ALPHA MALE SYNDROM - when suddenly I could not breath and I mean nada for oxygen. I knew the food was stuck in my throat however the staff assumed my throat had swollen and they were bound and determined to shoot me with an e-pipen and God knows what else and I could not tell them no, all I could do was grunt and gasp. They put an oxygen mask on me and I think the moisture that was there finally broke a bit loose enough for me to get air. When I looked up they had called in the "Crash Team" and there were at least six doctors in my doorway, my first though was "this is a helluva time for them to have students watching me die (it is a nurses teaching school)".

My lesson learned was to make certain the staff knows that if my throad gets clogged and if this happens again I need moisture or a rod jammed down my throat not an Epipen.

My new normal strikes again.

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  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
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    Always something new

    Denny, sorry but I am sure glad you are a few years ahead of me because I sure don’t want to go through half of the crap you been through. Just when you think you seen it all pop there it is something new again, I will keep that one in my lesson book for sure.

    Hondo
  • Greend
    Greend Member Posts: 678
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    Hondo said:

    Always something new

    Denny, sorry but I am sure glad you are a few years ahead of me because I sure don’t want to go through half of the crap you been through. Just when you think you seen it all pop there it is something new again, I will keep that one in my lesson book for sure.

    Hondo

    # 1 wish
    Hondo,

    Your #1 wish had best be for me to have a long and healthy life since you seem to insist on geting the same crap I have :>)

    Hang in there brother and try a flat beer in the PEG when you get it - the alcohol actually has calories.
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
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    Greend said:

    # 1 wish
    Hondo,

    Your #1 wish had best be for me to have a long and healthy life since you seem to insist on geting the same crap I have :>)

    Hang in there brother and try a flat beer in the PEG when you get it - the alcohol actually has calories.

    Denny
    Don’t worry I got your back covered my brother I am praying for you every night to live to a 101 because I am afraid I might make it to 96 and you are 5 years ahead of me, . Lol

    It does seam weird that our cancer was different but our side effects are so much the same.

    Hondo
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
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    Greend said:

    # 1 wish
    Hondo,

    Your #1 wish had best be for me to have a long and healthy life since you seem to insist on geting the same crap I have :>)

    Hang in there brother and try a flat beer in the PEG when you get it - the alcohol actually has calories.

    Yikes! That's scary. I
    Yikes! That's scary. I am pretty scared of that happening to me. Especially since I eat alone majority of the time ane I have not been able to train Nizzy to do the Heimlich Maneuver and CPR. :-/ But seriously, my stricture is up high, I guess, and so far, when something gets stuck while eating (at least two or three times every time I eat) I could still breathe, thank God. That is definitely a serious fear of mine.

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