My Near Death Experienced or As I Thought

I was guilty of something I ate before bed and so I suffer the consequence of being ignorant.

I had acid reflux today. My experienced was scary. It awakened me around 4am in the morning because of the burning sensation in the throat. It was the stomach acid that caused the gastro reflux. I was coughing hard and choking and it really feels like my throat burning from the inside and closing and I can't get any air to pass through. I tried to inhale air as much as I could yet nothing goes in. It only dried out my throat making it even more impossible for me to breath.  My mom was alarmed because of the indistinct sounds I made while catching my breath and from the coughing sounds I made to clear my larynx. I was pointing the bottled water to her but couldn't make any words as I can't talk anymore. And even after drinking the whole bottle, my esophagus and throat still hurts really bad. It feels rough, dry, scratchy and swollen inside. My baby girl was awaken and so I had to lie down in bed again to breastfeed her even I still had difficulty in breathing. Then while lying down, I had a mild acid reflux again... but this time it wasn't so bad like the first but it still hurts and that throat burning sensation just got worse.

I thought to myself, so that's how it feels when choking up. It feels like dying so you struggle to breath. You fight to live and dying is never an option. And from that short moment I just realized  the important things in life and how brief is my time on earth...I realized the errands that I must finish... other things that I must get started doing... and the responsibilities on my hands. The first person I thought about is my baby girl. She's so young to be left out and she wouldn't remember me yet. Pictures were just bits of past moments and not something that would really came out from her real memory of me. For a moment there, I refused that it would be the end of me. I struggled to let air flow into my lungs. I tried to massage my chest bone in horizontal motion until I burped. I was relief! I was thankful the moment I felt the air passed through my throat and into my lungs. And though my throat was still inflamed and irritated yet I am breathing again. I thank God for another day, and I prayed for more time to be with my family.

Some things were meant to happen for growth sake. I still believe that experienced is the best teachers to anyone. Lessons learned in life are treasures which we can pass on to our descendants.. or share with others.

I search the net for answer on what's causing acid reflux. There I found what I'm guilty of; eating citrus fruits at night. I just consumed 1 kg of mangosteen before bed. 
July 31, 2015