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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 06:27 PM
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Teen girl can't stop hiccupping
NEW YORK - A Florida teenager is desperately looking for a cure to her hiccups.

15-year old Jennifer Mee first started to hiccup on January 23rd, three weeks ago. She hiccups close to 50 times a minute.

Jennifer has tried home remedies and has seen several doctors, but nothing has helped. She appeared on the Today Show Friday, hoping anyone; even viewers can come up with a solution.

Since that appearance, thousands of viewers have written the Today Show offering suggestions.

If you have an idea or would like to read some of those submitted by others click here.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=64944
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 07:54 PM
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1. I usually just time my breathing
Works out most of the time.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 08:04 PM
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2. I love it, the byline is from New York but the girl is from Florida!
:rofl:
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 08:08 PM
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3. Those are some loud hiccups!
I'd kill myself - I hate the hiccups, and having them go on and on? 50x/minute?!

No thanks.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 08:10 PM
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5. I get body racking hiccups every time I eat big, for about 15 minutes
It is really unpleasant.
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mockmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 08:09 PM
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4. I can't imagine how terrible that is
I had the hiccups off and on for just 3 hours one day and it drove me INSANE.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 08:11 PM
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6. My home remedy- morphine.
well, ok, I haven't got any at home. But if I were hiccuping for three weeks I'd just want to be put under.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 08:14 PM
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7. Good luck with that...
it can go on for decades; there was some poor bastard from Iowa who had the hiccups for almost 70 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Osborne
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 08:30 PM
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8. That just plain sucks
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 08:47 PM
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9. A vibrator and a bottle of Stoli?
Beats sticking a wet finger in a light socket--but that works, too. Kind of.
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Scarlett11 Donating Member (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 09:00 PM
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10. Wow.
that sucks
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 09:05 PM
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11. That's your first post?
"That sucks?" That's the most interesting thing you could think of? Lordy.
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 09:22 PM
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13. i tend to say that over most anything in the news
welcome aboard
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Redneck Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 09:16 PM
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12. Welcome to DU
:hi:
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