I don't really know where it all started but my friend recently asked my Dad where the fear came from and he told her that he thought it was from the time my Mom gave me syrup of epicac to throw up vitamins that I have eaten. I remember this very well. I took a bunch of chewable vitamins because they tasted good. I was about 5 years old and when my Mom found out she made me go to the neighbor's house (a doctor) and ask him what I should do and he gave me the syrup. I took it home and my Mom made me take some and sit in front of a trash can in the middle of the kitchen and throw up everything. I think that may have been it for me.


But there were also two separate times when my father was very sick (vomiting) and had to be taken to the hospital to get medication to make him stop. Both times my Mom was out of town and I was the only one at home with my Dad and he had to call my grandmother to take him to the hospital.


I think those incidents just cemented my fears.


Carly