Carla,

        Funny, I have problems choking and coughing. It mainly involves
food irritating the back of my throat and making me cough. I have to be
careful not to talk or laugh since this seems to trigger it. It is really
embarassing in public. Also, I have developed a problem swallowing when
eating beef, especially steak of prime rib.

        You are right about the Scotch Drip. Bad for youngsters. Bad for
oldsters too.

Bobby



>Hi Bobby,
>
>  Still doing battle with chest pain/possible pneumo. I don't know if
>it's a fibromyalgia flare, or lung congestion. Can't cough efficiently.
>Also, I have an exaggerated gag-choke reflex of late. Don't know where
>that's coming from. Brushing back teeth is a nightmare. Taking cough
>medicine - forget about it! That's been an ongoing problem since my
>youth. Finally figured out how to counter it though. I put the medicine
>in gel caps from the health food store. Three filled capsules equal 1
>teaspoon of medicine. Funny that the adult dose of cough medicine is 2
>tsps every 4 hours or so. After 1 teaspoon, I'm in la-la land. Guess
>that speaks to the fact that I don't take OTC or even Rx'd stuff very
>often. And that, as Martha Stewart would say, is a good thing.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Carla
>
>  Do any of you find you're developing a gag-choke reflex into
>adulthood, or did you ever have it as a child. Not fun.
>
>  As to the Scotch drip, Bobby. I don't think we should promote that
>practice. We have under-age folks on this list. They might get the wrong
>idea about us oldsters :)
>
>Cheers!
>
>Carla
>
>Bobby Greer wrote:
>
>> Hi Carla,
>>
>>         How are you?? Long time, no hear from my favorite Canuck!
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>> PS, you forgot to tell Cindy about the "Scotch Drip". HA HA!!