Just had a vitamin pill stuck in my throat.

[SeattleGirl]

Kept drinking water, trying to dislodge it. Took over 5 minutes. Gak!

[Redstone]

1. Eat something!

That will force the pill down. You didn't know that?

Redstone

[SeattleGirl]

3. I did, but I was feeling too panicked.

It is unstuck now, thank goodness.

[KayLaw]

2. Those pills are too big!

I remember starting a thread about horse pills last year.

[SeattleGirl]

4. This is definitely a horse pill.

And it's a gel pill, so cutting it in half isn't an option.

I think it might be worth it just to toss them, and get a different kind of vitamin, one that isn't so huge.

[LeftyFingerPop]

5. Here's the trick...

Hi SG...

I take 23 pills in one gulp. Included in that 23 is one vitamin horsey pill, as well as several other huge ones. I put all of the pills in my mouth, then take a big gulp of water...as big that I think I can get down in one or two gulps. Then, I "float" the pills up into my mouth, and swallow. You don't even feel the pills going down, just the water.

Sorry this one got stuck on you! :hi:

[UndertheOcean]

6. 23 pills ? wow

[LeftyFingerPop]

7. Yup...

Big acidophilis capsules, diabetes pills, anti-depressents, blood pressure, vitamins, etc.

[Redstone]

8. 23 pills, as in actually TWENTY PLUS THREE? Egad, I thought I was taking an awful lot of medicine

after Mrs R made me go to a damn doctor for my first checkup since 1995 and (as I predicted) the doctor found stuff wrong with me...I'm up to nine pills a day (though not all at once), and it seems like a lot.

23 pills a day? I guess I ought not to complain.

Redstone

[LeftyFingerPop]

9. Yes, but I guess to be less dramatic...

6 of those are acidophilis capsules, and 2 are vitamins, and one is a baby aspirin. So if you subtract out the over the counter stuff, I'm down to 14.

Then one is Lipitor for cholesterol, even though mine is perfect...the doc uses it as a preventative.

So really, that leaves 13 "sick" pills, but several of those are "repeats" of the same medication, that I have to take more than one pill of.

So, I'm not at death's door or anything. :rofl:

edited for clarity

[snacker]

12. Wow...

I'm impressed with that technique.

[helderheid]

27. Your name is no longer philboy, but pillboy.

[Orrex]

10. You're supposed to dissolve that one in water and soak your feet in it

Remember that for next time.

[SeattleGirl]

16. Haha

So the vitamins will dissolve in the water, and I'll absorb them through my feet? :spray:

[Orrex]

19. It's good for the sole

And promotes heeling.

[billyskank]

11. Few months ago I threw a pill straight down my throat

I didn't mean to, I just chucked it in my gob and it sailed right down. Didn't even touch the sides.

I bet Bruce Lee took his medicines like that. :7

[WinkyDink]

14. How to choke, Pt 1.

6. Be careful not to toss a pill into your mouth like you would toss a peanut. It can have the same effect as a tossed peanut, which is causing you to choke.
http://www.hairboutique.com/askkaren/askkaren-12-2002.htm

[WinkyDink]

13. Why I never take pills.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear WinkyDink...

Then let's hope you never need them...

[SeattleGirl]

17. Hi ya, Peg!

It was a bit of a scare for me, especially 'cause it was stuck for over 5 minutes. My throat is still sore in the spot where the pill was lodged.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. I can imagine!

That is very scary...

I've had them stick for a few seconds, and that wasn't any fun...

Never mind over five minutes...:scared:


I'm glad you're OK, sweetie!

:hug:

[WinkyDink]

25. Thank you! It all started when, in a restaurant, I choked on a chick-pea. It took a loooong time

to work back to even eating soft-boiled eggs!
I've made up for that part in spades, heh, but not the pills angle.

[ThomCat]

20. I am very, very glad you got it to dislodge.

:hug:

I hope you didn't bruise your throat, but I'm very glad if that's the worst that happened. :hug:

Please, please, please be very careful swallowing those horsepills. :(

[SeattleGirl]

22. My throat is a bit sore from where the pill was stuck.

But it's getting better.

And yeah, I will definitely be more careful! :hug:

[pokerfan]

21. You just need to learn to relax your throat

:hide:

[SeattleGirl]

23. ........

:spray:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

24. Ugh! I hate when that happens

Not as bad as when you get a fish bone stuck in your throat though

Although I shouldn't be complaining because my mom's cousin got a fish bone stuck in her throat and had to have surgery to remove it

[WinkyDink]

26. Yikes!!