SiDi:
Thou I’m mightily tempted, the Chofetz Chaim Heritage pamphlet (forgot which day-I read through the whole thing) says one should not say “I told you so”. It says that’s onaas dvarim. So I won’t say that.
About your predicament, I’ll try to figure out a way for you to resume breathing. It’s gotta be in one of my books, somewhere. Within the next couple of days I should be able to come out with something…