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Accidentally swallowed my lower retainer Sunday and needed emergency surgery

Let me start by saying this is not flame. Got braces off ...
Stirring sanctuary
  07/17/25
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Passionate ladyboy
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embarrassed to the bone comical lay
  07/17/25
increduble
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  07/17/25
Not flame: https://ibb.co/nMk107Dp https://ibb.co/zV0fdj...
Stirring sanctuary
  07/18/25
Are you a great big fat person?
Violet box office
  07/18/25
Nah
Stirring sanctuary
  07/18/25
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Bossy provocative station mad-dog skullcap
  07/18/25
Incredible jaw
Fear-inspiring Affirmative Action Ratface
  07/18/25
Ty
Stirring sanctuary
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cyan striped hyena mood
  07/18/25
Haha wow There's probably some sort of subreddit that wou...
Startled underhanded state dysfunction
  07/18/25
i think you also have scurvy.
French masturbator faggot firefighter
  07/18/25
would you describe it as a PEAK EXPERIENCE?
Concupiscible mint orchestra pit black woman
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cyan striped hyena mood
  07/18/25
How can a retainer fit down your throat? It seems like your ...
hot feces
  07/18/25
it's weird as fuck. maybe I should look into a lawsuit
Stirring sanctuary
  07/18/25
"I started choking and genuinely thought I was going to...
hot feces
  07/18/25
Yeah it's possible. I was chilling out after initial panic b...
Stirring sanctuary
  07/18/25
this sounds nightmarish
French masturbator faggot firefighter
  07/18/25
Are you the one whose dental hygienist was dry humping him? ...
Navy Histrionic Mother
  07/18/25
Missed that thread but this accident would no doubt give bro...
Stirring sanctuary
  07/18/25
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Stirring sanctuary
  07/18/25
Are you 300lbs?
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Date: July 17th, 2025 9:13 PM
Author: Stirring sanctuary

Let me start by saying this is not flame.

Got braces off like 20 years ago, and I’ve worn a retainer occasionally ever since. It’s a Hawley-style lower retainer, the kind with the acrylic and wire. I still wear it maybe once a month because I notice mild shifting when I don't

This past Sunday morning, I had it in and took a big gulp of water with a handful of vitamins and supplements. Somehow it slipped out and went straight down my throat. I started choking and genuinely thought I was going to die for a minute, then things calmed down and I realized what had happened. My girlfriend took me to the ER, and they did an x-ray and found the retainer lodged in my esophagus. They put me under and tried to pull it back up, but couldn’t safely, so they pushed it into my stomach and had to perform open abdominal surgery cutting into my stomach to remove. Was only supposed to be in the OR for about an hour but I ended up in there for like six.

Afterward they told me the GI team might have accidentally punctured my esophagus while trying to pull the retainer out or that the retainer might have done it going down. They weren’t sure, so they started me on antibiotics and kept me in the hospital for observation. I had to wait until the next day to get a CT scan after drinking contrast to rule out a perforation. Once they confirmed everything was intact and I could eat solid food again without an issue, they discharged me on day three.

Wouldn't have thought it was possible to swallow one of these things. I’ve never heard of it happening. I looked around online, checked ChatGPT, etc. As far as I can tell, there’s one recorded case from 1987, and that one was considered life-threatening. I’ve barely ever been in a hospital before this. Whole thing feels surreal and kind of embarrassing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110525)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 9:16 PM
Author: Passionate ladyboy

180

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Date: July 17th, 2025 9:17 PM
Author: Stirring sanctuary



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:45 PM
Author: fantasy-prone adventurous milk lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110887)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:24 PM
Author: Stirring sanctuary



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:26 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone comical lay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110858)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:45 PM
Author: fantasy-prone adventurous milk lodge

increduble

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110888)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Stirring sanctuary

Not flame:

https://ibb.co/nMk107Dp

https://ibb.co/zV0fdjy7

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110940)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:19 AM
Author: Violet box office

Are you a great big fat person?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110946)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:21 AM
Author: Stirring sanctuary

Nah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110951)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: Bossy provocative station mad-dog skullcap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111960)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:23 AM
Author: Fear-inspiring Affirmative Action Ratface

Incredible jaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110954)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:27 AM
Author: Stirring sanctuary

Ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110957)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: cyan striped hyena mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49112149)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:52 AM
Author: Startled underhanded state dysfunction

Haha wow

There's probably some sort of subreddit that would get a kick out of that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111025)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: French masturbator faggot firefighter

i think you also have scurvy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111876)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:29 AM
Author: Concupiscible mint orchestra pit black woman

would you describe it as a PEAK EXPERIENCE?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49110959)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: cyan striped hyena mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49112261)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:56 AM
Author: hot feces

How can a retainer fit down your throat? It seems like your wind pipes are abnormally large

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111026)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Stirring sanctuary

it's weird as fuck. maybe I should look into a lawsuit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111455)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:57 AM
Author: hot feces

"I started choking and genuinely thought I was going to die for a minute, then things calmed down"

Are you sure you didn't just feel calm about dying?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111027)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: Stirring sanctuary

Yeah it's possible. I was chilling out after initial panic but started thinking what a retarded way this was going to be to go out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111832)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:16 PM
Author: French masturbator faggot firefighter

this sounds nightmarish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111859)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Navy Histrionic Mother

Are you the one whose dental hygienist was dry humping him? She's going to get the ick if she hears you swallowed your retainer whole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111902)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: Stirring sanctuary

Missed that thread but this accident would no doubt give broads the ick. Current gf is heroic but would expect other American women I've dated to prob leave me within 48 hrs after this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49111943)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:40 PM
Author: Stirring sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49113471)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: exhilarant public bath

Are you 300lbs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751612&forum_id=2Elisa#49113533)