HELP! Swallowed Gum and it won't go down!

Luscious

I'm so glad you are ok. I am (was) a total gum addict - and always swollowed without thinking. I can't trust myself now, so I've stopped buying it - have switched to Eclipse sugar free mints.

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Pre-op weight = 136.6 kgs (no Pre-op Diet)
Banded 7 April 2008
First Fill 21 May 2008
Second Fill 29 July 2008

KristyLynn

wew! good tip. scary stuff. i never thought about that. they should make throat plungers lol. nvm. that's gross. haha

PS, glad that you feel better. sounds so scary.

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Surgeon Apt *** 5-20-08
Support Groups *** 6-3-08/6-17-08
Dietitian/Psych *** 6-9/10-08
BehaviorMod Class *** 6-17-08
Surgery *** 9-8-08 (my BDAY!)

linesj

Wow, I had no idea this could be a problem. I usally have 1/2 piece a day. I think I'll agree with Luscious and get some tiny mints. Thanks for the info, and sharing your experience. VERY glad to hear you have relief.

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30 pounds lost presurgery
Banded 5/7/2008 Genesis Center for Bariatric
Surgery
Davenport, Iowa
Dr. Michael Phelps

barbara9460

Glad, glad, glad that you got this fixed and that it was as simple as removing your fill. However, you should give up the gum. There have been lots of cases that were serious enough to have to have endoscopy to retreive the gum. It's on the list of things that you CAN'T (or at least shouldn't) do anymore.

Be careful, because we don't want you to be hurt!

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