Vitamin C almost killed me!

Or so I thought. I am accustomed to swallowing large quantities of pills (scrip & vites) and figured that I could swallow my chewable vite C no problem. BIG PROBLEM.

My life flashed before my eyes, I was wrenching to get the offending tabs out of my throat, and ended up drenching my dear pooch with orange flavored water ;-(


Note to self- chew the ******g chewables, no matter how tart the ******s are.

After I regained my composure and was certain that I wasn't going to die all alone in the house and get eaten by poochie, I knew I had to share this cautionary tale. Lol

 Glad you are alive to type this, LOL.    I almost choked to death attempting to swallow six - yep - six Citrical once.

Holy Moses, 6!?

Holy Smokes!!!! You guys please be careful 

Yes, good lesson.  I hate one of my chewables, I won't be trying to swallow it!  Glad you are ok!!!

 Ohh Lord...I'll have to remember this!  If I do something like that, these two (hubs and grown son), would be looking at me dumbfounded and asking me if I was choking or something. Wouldn't matter if I was turning purple.....they'd have to ask....

Or break the buggers into little bits.

I will try that, EN. Looking for my pill splitter right now.

You know, the chewable orange vit Cs from Costco taste JUST like orange SweeTarts (well, close enough anyway) - I take two/day with my supplements, and I use them as my reward for taking the others - I swallow the rest, then my "dessert" is the yummy vit C.

But they ARE big, and have sharp squared off edges, because they are not meant for swallowing - I have occasionally accidentally grabbed the vit C with the others and tossed it down, and I know immediately what I have done because it does not go down smoothly.

This is a good excuse for a PSA - EVERYONE in the family should know some basic CPR and the Heimlich maneuver, and you should know how to do it to yourself (using the back of a chair, e.g.) if you are alone.  I saved my daughter's life when she was ~18 months old and choked on a piece of meat - I had JUST the day before refreshed my memory of how to do it because it had been printed on the grocery bag from Safeway.

You can find Cs in capsule form at Vitamin Shoppe really cheap, much easier to swallow, and no need to chew. :)