Hiccups

[alison]

Did anyone see the gal on the Today show who has been hiccupping for the past 3 weeks?

Right before they were cutting to a commercial, I thought "what is that noise?!" And then they interviewed her, hiccup after hiccup.

I feel so badly, but why wouldn't she seek out all the care that she can get? She doesn't want the tube stuck down her throat, she doesn't want needles, etc. etc. As much as I feel sorry for her, if you're not willing to seek out all the help you can, then it's mean, but...

What are your remedies for hiccups?

[SuzySunshine]

I saw an intro to her piece but didn't actually see the interview. They need to figure something out though, IMO.

My DH just scares the daylights out of me when I get them and they usually go away. If that doesn't work I'll hold my breath as long as I can and that usually works.

[alison]

I hold my breath and swallow 3 times. It works!

I don't know, I just found it comical that she was sitting there hiccupping throughout the whole interview, while a physician sat there explaining what the options are. The girl said she didn't want this or that or the other.

[Momo]

my best friends grand father used to pick us up from grade school and I rmember him having the hiccups for a long time like for almost the whole winter, it was odd. I would be all about getting that fixed!

[Stella]

Yeah, if she won't go through with the options, then tough shit. Oops... was that harsh? :huh:

Anyway! My dad taught me to hold my breath and drink an entire glass of water without stopping or inhaling. By the time you finish, you should be free and clear! It has a 100% success rate!

[DCJenn]

Lemon juice. straight on non-filtered non-sugared lemon juice. painful but it works.

J.

[Michele]

I just concentrate on swallowing really slowly thinking about resetting my diaphragm and that usually works....it doesn't matter what I drink to do it...though soda usually isn't as easy cause of the bubbles....

[SuzySunshine]

I was telling DH about this at dinner last night and he said they had a patient here once who had something similar and she had a tumor on her brain stem, once they removed it she was fine - who would have thought? :huh:

[alison]

I was telling DH about this at dinner last night and he said they had a patient here once who had something similar and she had a tumor on her brain stem, once they removed it she was fine - who would have thought? :huh:

Dh was saying something similar - that if you have a tumor, it can hit your somethingsomething nerve.

this happened to my step mom, at the time they had a water bed, talk about hell at night , course she was a.... never mind I'll save the therapy for another day

[Bittersweet]

I make myself gag. Not exactly attractive or fun, but hey it works. I do have an irrational fear that I'll get hiccups and they won't stop. This newstory didn't help.