It isn't stuck in your throat any longer. The sensation will pass...

Time is the best healer for this sort of thing, which means I don't know any technique to make it feel better!

Feel better!

I doesn't feel to good in my stomach either.

Do you think anyone has ever died from a bay leaf?

Wikipedia:

Some members of the laurel family, as well as the unrelated but visually similar mountain laurel and cherry laurel, have leaves that are poisonous to humans and livestock. While these plants are not sold anywhere for culinary use, their visual similarity to bay leaves has led to the oft-repeated belief that bay leaves should be removed from food after cooking because they are poisonous. This is not true - bay leaves may be eaten without toxic effect. However, they remain very stiff even after thorough cooking, and if swallowed whole or in large pieces, they may pose a risk of scratching the digestive tract or even causing choking. Thus, most recipes that use bay leaves will recommend their removal after the cooking process has finished.[8]

The worst thing which can happen is that a piece of bay leaf, being somewhat hard, can lodge somewhere in your digestive system, necessitating a trip to ER
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the thick central stem of bay leaves does mean they stay quite rigid even when cooked, so there is potential for scratching the intestinal lining if a whole one was swallowed.
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taking bids on my seat at the lounge bar . . .

a few drinks through the evening to dull the scratch... it will be fine

years ago I swallowed something harsh like that and it irritated my throat so badly it felt as if my esophagus was swelling and I thought I was going to die... I'm still here

Follow it with five ounces of vinegar.

You'll forget about the bay leaf.

I'll just hit my hand with a hammer so I won't notice the paper cut! LOL

A couple of bites of one of those and the bay leaf will be a distant memory to the inferno in your mouth and throat.

j/k.....You'll probably be okay in a while.

make marinade

I offer to pay whoever finds it a dollar.

Your daughter owes you a dollar.

but somehow resurrected - am looking for someone to tell my story.

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When I was a kid and we went to my grandmothers for pasta, who ever got the bay leaf had to do the dishes

Had a fishbone stuck in back of mouth...would not cough up either...the lemon dissolve it

to chew your food!!!

When I was in nursing school one of the students got an end piece of a bay leaf from hospital cafeteria spaghetti stuck in her throat. She coughed a lot, which only seemed to lodge points of the triangular piece more and it wouldn't let go, so a doctor removed it after she was anesthetized.

I hope your stomach acid softened the leaf, if it didn't dissolve it!

They crumble easily into small pieces when dry

swallow a watermelon seed.

Drink two cans tomato juice
Add half clove garlic
Salt
Basil

Simmer for an hour. Add pasta