Pyat don't feel so good.

[pyat]

So, after a very broken sleep, I arose to a matched pair of very swollen (and tender) lymph nodes on the back of my neck. For those who were visiting last night, I am still hiccuping, 9 or 10 times a minute. Each time I do, my neck tenses up, and gives the swollen nodes a swift kick.


Of course, it could be worse. I could be wggthegnoll, in hospital with appendicitis, and apparently the Four Horsemen are his housemates.

Comments

[mrs-dm.livejournal.com]

Piet, I posted this comment to velvetpage, but also am copying it to you, as you may find it useful:

I've found a sure way to stop (myself) from hiccuping. But it's hard to describe. It's related to Chi'Kung breathing that I learned in Tai Chi, a kind of diaphragmatic breathing. Afterall, hiccups are really involuntary spasms of the diaphragm. It took a couple of years to learn, but there's a quicker way to do diaphragmatic breathing (and so gain control of your diaphragm instead of it spasming).

Sit in a chair, and place your hands on your back at the base of your ribcage. Then bend over at your waist (still sitting). Try breathing in and out. In this position, your rib cage is more or less immobilized and you will feel your hands move out and in as you breath via your diaphragm instead. Focus on gaining voluntary control over this breathing.

Also good for panic symptoms. I used to teach it to my patients.

Farewell, young grasshopper!

[sassy-fae.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend this as a way to stop both hiccuping and panic! I've used it many times in the past to stop hiccups in less than a minute, and it's something I've needed to do two or three times in the last 24 hours to lessen panic attacks.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Thanks! They seem to have stopped, finally, except for an occasional stray peristaltic paroxysm. I did not get a chance to try this method - I didn't read your comment till this morning, and they finally stopped around 10:30 last night. But I'll save the secret wisdom for the next assault.