I almost died in the stupidest way

[Chloefairydust]

So I woke up with the worst of sore throats, and I’m the kind of person who when I come down with a cold, it literally drags on for weeks and weeks and normally leads to a chest infection.

That is until I discovered the gross but effective cure of raw garlic. I read somewhere that if you swallow a small whole raw small garlic clove with a glass of water that it cures the common cold. It actually does work as well. I have been doing this for the past couple of years.

Until this morning, and somehow this garlic clove was just the right shape to get lodged in my throat. I couldn’t breathe or swallow or make a sound. I was home alone and sooo frightened. Somehow I managed to hit my own chest with my head facing down and spat out the offending garlic. So I almost died in the stupidest of ways….

I think now on I’m going to chop the garlic into tiny pieces to cure a cold.

But thought I would warn people who might be as stupid as me not to kill yourself with garlic 🧄

If you have had a near death experience in a similarly stupid way please share to make me feel less of an idiot?

sorry you had this experience

try allicin pills. Much better and less risky!

hope you feel better and less in shock soon.

I have never heard of the garlic cure, so glad you managed to get it out, it must have been horrendous.

I once fell down a man hole 😂 knocked myself out in the process. Don't know if that counts!

I once nearly choked on a bacon sandwich if that makes you feel any better. The rind was still on and got stuck in my throat. My mum nearly broke my back but fortunately it came up 🫣.

Frightening isn't it.

You could have made it onto Horrible Histories "stupid deaths"!

Seriously though, must have been scary, I'm glad you can laugh about it so soon

I think the stupidest thing might be believing that garlic cures a viral infection.

it must have been scary though - hope you’re ok.

@tiddlywinks2 that reminds me of the time my mate fell down into a pub beer cellar that had the delivery hatch open. Three of us were walking along chatting and then she was suddenly gone. Nearly 20 years ago now and it still cracks me up

I tried to mend a split in my plastic watering can by heating it over the gas hob and trying to spread the plastic to cover the split. Unfortunately the watering can must have had weedkiller or something in it because a whole sheet of flame engulfed me, the watering can, the cooker and a good deal of the kitchen. All I could think was "I cannot ring the fire brigade and tell them my watering can is on fire!"

I was just about to say this 😂

Oh gosh, scary! I sometimes get stupidly scared of dying at home alone in similar stupid ways!

Another cure for a cold I find is to boil up fresh chopped ginger - bring to boil and simmer then strain and drink as a tea.

Or just make as a tea - peel and chop and put it in a mug with boiling water and drink.

prob safer than the garlic! 😂

Gosh OP, hope you've got over the shock, that must have been scary. I once decided to poke about with my electric oven, which had stopped working with a metal skewer, with the power still on. There was a huge bang, all the electrics to my flat tripped out, but thankfully I was wearing rubber soled shoes at the time. Otherwise I'd not be typing this - it was a few years ago now, but I still cannot believe I was so stupid!

Oh god you poor thing

Well done for surviving, sounds so scary

Won’t try that that’s for sure

Sorry but all I can hear is that horrible histories song now!

Glad you are okay, I know how terrifying that is. I once had similar with a bit of satsuma that had me thumping my chest and wildly glancing about for an empty bit of wall to throw my back against. I was in work and was seriously weighing up if I could make it to the office across the hall and get them to understand the issue when, to my relief, I managed to get it out of my throat.

But seriously, raw garlic?! I like a bit of garlic bread but I think I’d rather suffer the sore throat than swallow a clove of garlic. I hope you feel better soon

But it might help and many scientists agree

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32836826/

I can laugh about it now, I remember being pulled out semi conscience and seeing my DS wetting himself laughing 😂

I tried to curl my fringe yesterday by rolling it onto a hairbrush while I dried the rest of it. Went to take the hairbrush out and it was absolutely jammed tight, agonising to try to unroll in either direction.

It was funny to begin with but I became quite upset and panicky when I realised how fucked I was. Took nearly an hour of teasing, yanking, crying and (finally) judicious snipping to get the bastard thing off my head.

I lost an entire handful of my precious, already thinning hair. I mean I wasn't near death but come on.

1 way of keeping vampires away 😆

Thanks for the stories haha makes me feel less alone in my stupidity 😂

I just keep thinking of DH coming home and finding me on the kitchen floor, attempting to do CPR with me having horrendous garlic breath😱

God, what an embarrassing way to die though…

I think garlic helps with reducing phlegm, hence why it's a thing.

But I too have a silly near death experience. With a Brazil nut. I was also home alone and thought I'd nibble on a few. Ate about 2 and suddenly I felt this warmness start in my legs. Then it turned into a type of sting and was so painful. Then it whooshed up my body and I was in such agony I stripped off all my clothes. Then all I could think was if this gets to my throat, I'm going to die. I was in such a fluster I couldn't even hold the phone. I started to phone my neighbour but all I could think he will see me mostly naked and then what. Then it just went away, as fast as it appeared. It was the weirdest experience. So I'm glad I didn't have to call my male neighbour and that I survived it.

I've eaten Brazil nuts for years so I knew it wasn't an allergy. We decided to do a test run some time later, my DC had his car keys ready just in case. I ate a load and was fine 🙈

I as a kid, stupidly went down a water slide face first, with a rubber ring around my waist.

Landed in the water, obviously head down and I couldn’t wiggle out of the ring.

I was very slowly drowning. Had to be rescued by the life guard

Oh you poor thing. Was it in your wind pipe? Or the food pipe?

I almost got hit by a bud a few weeks ago. Was in the process of stepping off the kerb when I casually looked to my left just as it came whooshing by. If I'd been a few seconds quicker reaching the kerb I reckon I'd be dead. Terrifying.

I’m glad you’re ok but this made me laugh a little bit.

As a kid I thought it would be a terrific wheeze to put inflatable armbands on my ankles and jump into a swimming pool. Turns out that's a really, really silly idea. Thank heavens for lifeguards!

That is ... impressive.

Me too (more than just a little bit... sorry).

I’m sorry but nearly being hit by a bud is funny 😄