My ocd/TMS brain is working overtime this morning. Last night, while eating salmon en croute, I pulled a 1cm fish bone out of my mouth. Then came the torrent of fears ie what if there was more than one bone in it and I inadvertently chewed it and it's lodged somewhere in my throat. I have no pain, just a hyperawareness of throat muscles. My brain will not accept there is no fish bone sitting in my throat and I keep visualizing it sitting there and panicking. Can anyone relate?
I had a similar experience 2 years ago when I misswallowed a gummy vitamin and was sure some of it was lodged so I went for a nasal endoscopy which was very painful and triggered a year long sensation of the soft palate. Of course, there was nothing stuck and in any case the gummy would have dissolved. What's different with this is that fish bone would not dissolve if indeed it was stuck. As I say, there is no pain and I can swallow normally although I am aware of every swallow now instead of it being automatic.
I had a similar experience 2 years ago when I misswallowed a gummy vitamin and was sure some of it was lodged so I went for a nasal endoscopy which was very painful and triggered a year long sensation of the soft palate. Of course, there was nothing stuck and in any case the gummy would have dissolved. What's different with this is that fish bone would not dissolve if indeed it was stuck. As I say, there is no pain and I can swallow normally although I am aware of every swallow now instead of it being automatic.