Alergies? --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I've been posting during the day, I'm sure most of you guessed > that I'm not at work today. > > Something very unusual and frightening happened to me last night. > > I had fallen asleep in the living room last night after a snack and a > coke. > > About 90 minutes I suddenly woke with my body in a panic. My mind was > calm enough, but my body was kinda freaking out. > I couldn't breath. Actually I could exhale just fine, but inhaling was > traumatic. > I had to use all the force I could muster just to inhale a lungfull of > air and it took 5 - 10 seconds to get my lungs filled. > It was as if my windpipe closed up whenever I tried to inhale. > At first, I wondered if I had collapsed a lung. I've had severe > pneumonia and it was *that* difficult to breathe, but there was no > sensation of my lungs being filled with fluid. I felt no sensation or > pressure in my trachea or esophagus. I had no clue at this point what > was wrong. > > Somehow I managed to stand up and made my way to the bedroom to wake > up my wife. I may have taken 2 breaths at this point and wasn't sure I > would be able to remain conscious much longer. My wife was immediately > panicky. The noise I made trying to inhale was loud enough to be > distinct as to what was happening. > > Susan asked me what was wrong. All I could do was shake my head as I > exhaled. > She asked If I was OK. I shook my head again during an exhale. > Actually she must have asked me if I was OK 3 times. > She asks if I want her to call 911. By this time I was on my 6th or > 7th breath and I could feel "whatever it was" starting to slack off, > so I shook my head again and concentrated on breathing slowly and > remaining calm. > > After a few minutes my breathing was more or less normal, but I felt > traumatized. In any case 911 was not called and I didn't go to a > hospital. > But I did have the holy crap scared out of me. > > I have only a couple of guesses as to what was going on. > > I could taste chocolate and stomach acid in my mouth and figure that > maybe my body was trying to keep me from inhaling the contents of my > stomach. > Or it could be some sort of acid reflux. > > Then again, I might be suffering from some form of sleep apnea, in > which case I need to make an appointment. > > I've never had anything like this happen before. > > > xponent > Deaths Prey Maru > rob > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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