A Fish Bone Stuck On My Throat !

By rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90722)

Philippines

July 8, 2016 2:33am CST

This actually happened last Sunday evening , while we were having dinner . Hubby bought a variety of fish , after many years of not having eaten that. He cooked it in it in vinegar , garlic and pepper , which we call in our dialect as “paksiw” . So , I readily ate one . In my eagerness since it was delicious , I forgot to chew it so well so I can feel if there are bones , and spit the bones out , as I always would do when eating fish . When I swallowed it , I felt a bone stuck on my throat .

I ate a big slice of banana as my in-laws and hubby directed me . But still it was there . I went to the sink and tried getting it out by inserting my finger to get it , to no avail.

Good thing it doesn’t hurt much , but I can feel it even before I went to sleep. I just prayed that when I wake up it would be gone . In the morning it was indeed gone . Thank God ! I was in high school when I first experienced this . Have any of you ever experienced this ?

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@dodo19 (47316)

• Beaconsfield, Quebec

8 Jul 16

I'm thankful that I've never had a fish bone stuck in my throat. I'm glad that the one you had is gone. Hopefully it doesn't happen again.

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@dodo19 (47316)

• Beaconsfield, Quebec

8 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD Not very often. I generally eat fish without the bones.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

@dodo19 That's good because you are safe from what happened to me .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

But you do eat fish with still some bones on it ? Thank you . I hope indeed i will not encounter the same .

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317002)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

8 Jul 16

Yes, I have several times and it's always a time of panic until you can get it out. I'm glad it was gone when you woke.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

So during those times , what did you do to disloge them. ?

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

11 Jul 16

@just4him Here, that's what we do . We swallow a chunk of banana so it can go with it when it passes through the throat . It is effective as i have experienced before . But not this time though . I also did that , inserted my finger but it seems the tiny bone really got stuck much .

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317002)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

10 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD The only way was to try to dislodge it with a finger. I hadn't heard about a banana before.

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@sunilparthan (6302)

• India

8 Jul 16

Thank God that you are fine. Drink lot of water at this time so it may sometime help you

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@sunilparthan (6302)

• India

8 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD thank god that you are not hurt

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

@sunilparthan Thank you .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

Yes, thank you .

I actually drank a lot of water after that . But somehow , it's still in my throat , though not so hurting much .

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Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker

@CaptAlbertWhisker (32670)

• Calgary, Alberta

8 Jul 16

This is the reason why most groceries in the US and Australia got their fish filleted. Milk fish is very notorious for being bony but we dont stop eating them because it is delicious.... not a fan of paksiw though. I will rather eat cupcakes made of cricket.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

Good for US and Australia that their fishes are filleted .

I like milk fish the deboned one , marinated well and deep fried . What i ate was hito . I will not eat hito ever again . So you don't like paksiw . It's delicious , specially paksiw na lechon .

@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

@CaptAlbertWhisker So you don't like vinegar ? I love it specially when it's spicy .

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker

@CaptAlbertWhisker (32670)

• Calgary, Alberta

8 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD As a dip or marinade I can handle it but I hate things simmered in vinegar. boiling vinegar is like gas chamber poison to me.

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@sofssu (23662)

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8 Jul 16

I have had fish bone stuck in my throat many times.. now I only buy fish fillets.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

Oh so you too experienced that . What did you do to dislodge the stuck bone on your throat ? Here , what's on the market are those fish with bones . Only a few fish fillets are in supermarket .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

@sofssu That's good then .

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@sofssu (23662)

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8 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD We swallow a handful of cooked rice. sometimes it helps sometimes it doesn't. Here too in the market we get only those with bones. I buy mainly from the supermarkets.. I order online.

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

Banana..or ask.my niece to.do.some..massage. ;(

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

Yes , i ate that but to no avail . So your niece massages your throat ? Was it effective ?

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD yeah..tsamba. lol. That suni. Hehe

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

@Lucky15 Maybe the bone didn't stuck deeply as it was to my throat.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

8 Jul 16

I certainly have and it was not a great deal of fun. If it disappeared overnight it was possibly due to your muscles relaxing more while asleep.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

Yes, i even stopped eating already even if i wasn't halfway through my dinner . I ate only bananas after that . So , overnight , it could be dissolved ? So that's why it was gone the next day when i woke up .

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

8 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD Maybe you should stick to plankton in future, which is far too small to become stuck.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

@Asylum Actually , what i ate for lunch today was anchovies . At least that one has very small bones if ever there are any. Besides , from now on i won't eat that fish , we call hito or eel , i guess in ENglish . Hubby shall not be buying that anymore .

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@annierose (21588)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

I experience it most of the times when I am having milkfish on the table. I think their bone is soft but still it hurts. Whenever I feel it in my throat, I just drink plenty of water. As much as possible, I just put the milkfish in another plate. I do not place it beside my rice so I can see clearly if there are bones in what I am eating.

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@annierose (21588)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD I have never eaten hito. My mom does not like it too. I love deboned milkfish too. My favorite is bulig.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

@annierose Bulig , i don't know that fish ir maybe have seen it but don't know it's named like that . I love fried hito just like my daughter and husband . Maybe i still would eat one when it's fried . Actually , there were fried ones along with that dish , but i love paksiw so i first had a taste of that.

@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

I only like milkfish that were already deboned and marinated like that sold in supermarkets . I can't see those bones anymore specially at night , when i don't use my reading glasses . So i just feel them with my tongue and would take it out when i feel one . This one was hito . And it was with lots of bones . I will never eat one again .

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@skysnap (20153)

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8 Jul 16

Ouch that's gonna get uncomfortable. happened once to me.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

Indeed ! I stopped eating after that and just ate bananas to dislodge it but to no avail . Miraculously , it was gone when i woke up the next day . So what did you so to dislodge it ?

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

@skysnap Oh yes ! Then i suppose i should have drank a small amount of apple cider vinegar that night . But thank goodness , it was gone when i woke up the next day .

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@skysnap (20153)

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8 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD acidic content like lemon helps in some cases.

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@LadyDuck (470959)

• Switzerland

8 Jul 16

I have experienced this and it is very annoying. Now I remove the fish bones before eating the fish.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

So you too. I think that's what i should do from now on.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

12 Jul 16

@LadyDuck You really are a caring wife , my friend . You hubby must be so proud of you .

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@LadyDuck (470959)

• Switzerland

10 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD It's the safest way to go. Once it's cooked I debone the fish before serving it. My husband does not appreciate to do this and he fears to swallow a bone.

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

8 Jul 16

Yes, many times. When eating fried milk fish, I usually have a bone stuck but I can easily get it outside my throat and spit out the bones.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

I only eat milkfish , if they are deboned . We but them at supermarket , deboned and marinated . It was hito thati ateand experienced that. I will never eat hito again ever .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

@ida123 Actually, i always wear my reading glasses when i eat fish . But i got lazy getting it from our bedrrom so i ate without itso that happened .

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@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

10 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD But not only hito that we can get bone stuck, most of the fishes. If we're going to eat fish, we have to eat it with extra care.

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@sol_cee (38219)

• Philippines

11 Jul 16

Cats would have done the trick, well, according to superstition. lol

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

11 Jul 16

Yes indeed. But some here said it was true to them when they eperienced this also. It could just be coincidence.

@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

12 Jul 16

@sol_cee No , because we don't have a cat even in our childhood days .

Besides , my parents don't believe in those .

@sol_cee (38219)

• Philippines

12 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD You have never tried?

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

12 Jul 16

No but I have swallowed a few. Now I am very careful to weed them out before I eat- Poor you- it must have felt terrible.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

12 Jul 16

That's good that you now weed them out .

I am doing that too already after this incident . Although , it was not so painful , but it was making me uncomfortable whenever i swallow . Good thing the next day it was gone already .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

15 Jul 16

@MarymargII Oh really ! So, even the Queen of England experienced it .

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

15 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD You reminded me that one time I read that the Queen of England had a bone stuck and had to go to the hospital. :)

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@Genipher (5405)

• United States

9 Jul 16

Somebody needs to engineer a boneless fish for human consumption...

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

Actuallythere are fish fillets in supermarkets . But in markets they have very fresh ones though with bones . and we like to eat fresh fish.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

12 Jul 16

@Genipher (5405)

• United States

10 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD I have to agree...eating fresh is the best way to go!

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@allknowing (135550)

• India

13 Jul 16

Happy that it is not there. Sometimes this kind of accident could be quite serious.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

13 Jul 16

Yes k i know . That's why we should always b careful.

changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16751)

• China

8 Jul 16

I think most people have experienced it.Some people choose to swallow some dish or rice to carry the bone away when they have it stuck,but in vain and on the contrary it sticks deeper.Now we all know that the best way to get rid it is to take a mouthful of water ,raise your head and gargle ,then fiercely spit the water out.More often than not , the water would bring the bone out.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

Yes, you are correct , it seems it sticks deeper when i did those . Now, i know what to donext time , with your tip of gargling with the water while the head is raised. Thank you for this additional tip . But i guess, from now on i will debme my fishbefore eating just as @LadyDuCk does .

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16751)

• China

11 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD You are welcome!I knew it to my cost.

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@cacay1 (83334)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

10 Jul 16

hahahaha, you are so funny friend, you extract the bone using your finger

. Yes, me too experienced it many times hehehehe, banana cannot push, so painful. I went to the doctor for the bone was too sharp to feel. The doctor removed it using an instrument. After that, I always check the fish of bony or not.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

11 Jul 16

Yes, i really inserted my finger to extract it but it was really stuck well. I was already nearly vomiting when i inserted my finger ha ha ha . But maybe had i vomited it would be dislodged , don't you think so too?

So the doctor etracted it with an instrument. Maybe he used a plies.

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

9 Jul 16

sometimes, and i recall a funny action that my late parents taught us: put a piece of the fish bone on the top of your head 'because the bone will be extracted by the fish bones on the top of your head--- (sort of pulling effect')

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

. I haven't ever heard of that belief . I guess it's because my parents don't believe in any that is not supported by scientific or palusible explanationa.

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@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

16 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD heheh! well, that was the belief of my mother and we also carried over believing in that.

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@brokenbee (11090)

• Philippines

8 Jul 16

Yup, aside from eating bananas, I also swallow a teaspoonful of unchewed rice with water. My mother also instructed me to let our cat massage on the neck part where the fishbone is.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

God for you thoseworked. What about the cat massage , was it effective?

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@brokenbee (11090)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD hihi I don't know. I was too small then when I did that.

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@annaroselock (805)

• United Kingdom

9 Jul 16

That must have been uncomfortable!

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Jul 16

Yes, it was so uncomfortable and a bit painful when i swallow. Thank Gof it was gone in the morning.

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@annaroselock (805)

• United Kingdom

11 Jul 16

@SIMPLYD Yeah I bet!

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