This was two months ago. I was eating a carrot. My dog wanted some. I gave him a piece and he held it like a cigar and walked around before eating it. I laughed at him. It happened. Phoop! I felt a piece of carrot suck into a place it shouldn't go. At first I coughed. Then even my coughing seemed restricted. Typical behavior; I moved away from my wife. She was about to heimlich me, but strangely I got calm. I positioned myself to push into the kitchen counter. I found that I still inhale a tiny bit if I breathed in super slowly. So I sloooowly filled my lungs. I could feel the air going around the obstruction. It was the oddest sensation. I then "huffed" out really hard. Real hard. I tiny piece of carrot went shooting.
It was scary. Yesterday I ate a raw carrot again for the first time. None for the dog
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Figured this could be a pre thanksgiving feast safety talk. All that talking and laughing. Be careful.