christa
12-07-2004, 06:09 PM
I had the wierdest experience early this morning and I was wondering if any of you are nurses, if you have ever heard of this, or know what happened to me.
I woke up at 5 a.m., sat straight up in bed . . . I couldn't breathe AT ALL!!! My throat was completely closed SHUT! It felt like it was below my throat, but I don't know what all of those pipes are called, LOL. Anyway, I'm not talking about just having a hard time breathing, I'm talking NO AIR AT ALL! It was the strangest thing I'd ever felt . . . I struggled to breathe and couldn't so I started swallowing really hard, trying to get those muscles to start working . . . after swallowing and swallowing . . . for what seemed like forever, I felt a small opening and then started gasping for air. I felt like I'd been under water for ever! I did this for awhile and then it opened up and I could breathe normally.
My throat never felt sore, but I've felt like crap all day today.
Ironic thing is, my cat had her first asthma attack on Saturday night. Strange . . .
So my question is . . . was this just a concidence? Any idea what could have caused me to do this?
All I know is that I've never been so scared in my whole life! It was horrible!
I got out of bed, went downstairs & watched TV until hubby got up for work. I was too scared to go back to sleep.
I woke up at 5 a.m., sat straight up in bed . . . I couldn't breathe AT ALL!!! My throat was completely closed SHUT! It felt like it was below my throat, but I don't know what all of those pipes are called, LOL. Anyway, I'm not talking about just having a hard time breathing, I'm talking NO AIR AT ALL! It was the strangest thing I'd ever felt . . . I struggled to breathe and couldn't so I started swallowing really hard, trying to get those muscles to start working . . . after swallowing and swallowing . . . for what seemed like forever, I felt a small opening and then started gasping for air. I felt like I'd been under water for ever! I did this for awhile and then it opened up and I could breathe normally.
My throat never felt sore, but I've felt like crap all day today.
Ironic thing is, my cat had her first asthma attack on Saturday night. Strange . . .
So my question is . . . was this just a concidence? Any idea what could have caused me to do this?
All I know is that I've never been so scared in my whole life! It was horrible!
I got out of bed, went downstairs & watched TV until hubby got up for work. I was too scared to go back to sleep.