By It must have been the spicy tomato juice. I seldom get the hiccups (unless I am eating hot & sour Chinese soup, and then I get them constantly), so I was both surprised and annoyed when they started as I was preparing for bed.
They lasted through flossing my teeth, and brushing my teeth, and gargling. I held my breath in the shower, but they persisted. I tried shallow breathing while I toweled off. No good. Then they followed me to bed.
Sleep and I are good buds. We get along just fine...normally. Again I tried holding my breath, then breathing shallowly, and again the next hiccup came, and the next, and the...DANG! Sleep stood across the room, tapping its foggy foot while it waited for me to be cooperative.
'What causes hiccups?' I wondered. Is it a spasm of the diaphragm? That seemed to be where they were coming from. Hmm.
I held my breath and folded my shoulders forward, then pulled them back as far as I could. Back and forth, forward and backward, about one cycle per second. I did this continually and held my breath through an interval that should have included a hiccup. No hiccup. I slowly let out my breath and continued the shoulder flexing through another interval. Again, nothing. I had conquered the hiccups. I am not kidding.
Why did it work? I don't know. Maybe I influenced my diaphragm. Was it coincidence? Absolutely not. No, for sure it wasn't coincidence.
I lay cautiously, quietly, tentatively.
"You okay?" Sleep asked.
"I believe I am," I answered. "Shall we go away together?"
And we did.
Ha... Good to hear from you. Soggibottom Cottage Calling.Only cure for hiccups is to hold your breath, only not for too long. Ref: heron, beautiful blue, we have a grey guy to match the weather this year. Strange aren't they? Thanks for your comments, love your humour on your site. AND your dog by the way. Beautiful dog.
I'll add your site to the Soggibottom list, if that is ok with you?
For really great photo's go to Soggibottom and link to photo's from the guy from Canada. Fantastic.
Although, Mark would probably like you to click to Sparky Brand. Will visit often. All best wishes from Soggibottom Cottage, Tony, Miche-l-e, Amie and the rest of the mob. Take care.
Michele, thank you for your kind comments. I would be very pleased to be linked to your site, and will reciprocate, if that is acceptable.
What a nice coincidence: you are Michele, my wife is Michele, and my daughter-in-law is Michelle.
Best wishes, with gratitude,
Don