Hi There...I feel your pain...no really I do. I had some soup on Monday and it was a bit spicy for my taste, but I ate it anyway. Three hours later, it started and I was in absolute pain until about an hour ago, now it just hurts a little. This isn't the first time that I have had trouble either. It seems to me that it will take a couple of days to get to feeling right after this type of irritation, wheather in your throat or as with me most of the time, in my stomach and my ribs. I go on liquids for a couple of days then start to eat again, but, watch the spices/grease and remember chew chew chew.