Help.. gum question I'm cross posting..

virginiann · July 4, 2007

Okay, I know I shouldn't be chewing gum, but I did and now I accidently swallowed it! It was just one piece. It should go through ok don't ya think? Tell me I'm being silly and all will pass!

Mal · July 4, 2007

I chew gum all the time, I didn't know we shouldn't. I think you should be fine. I never thought of accidentaly swallowing it, yikes. Let us know how it goes.

maryrose · July 4, 2007

Not to worry..I'm sure you will be fine. I chew gum too.

Was it bubble gum? I swallow that a lot by accident...don't know why...different texture I guess. I have stayed away from the Orbit bubble gum.

virginiann · July 4, 2007

Thank you for your responses it has been nearly two hours I guess all is well.

Ariel · July 4, 2007

if it was going to cause a problem, i think it would be immediate just like a pb.

virginiann · July 4, 2007

I have never done that either!

OH Juli · July 5, 2007

Yikes gum scares the beegeesuses out of me.

libra · July 5, 2007

I've always been afraid of accidentally swallowing gum. However, I'm addicted to Orbit's Mint Mojito. Can't help myself.

teacher · July 6, 2007

:omg:How are you doing, Virginiann, since you swallowed your gum????

I miss gum so much, but I've always been a swallower and I'm scared now. Let us know how you're doing..after the "Mistake"...

Michele

virginiann · July 9, 2007

The gum passed right through and all is well. Thank you for all your posts and suggestions. You kept me sane and that is what I needed. It reminded me of a time when I was bit by a scorpion and I thought right then and there I was going to die! Well, that is what I heard all my life. As you can see I lived. I didn't even panic, I just quietly walked back to my house (no one was home-nor did I have a phone back then 30 years ago. So I just decided if I was going to die.. I was going to. Silly, needless to say I did not die!

Anyway, I suppose the gum thing could have been a bigger deal with a smaller stoma, but it went down mine just fine. So I will try and be more careful in the future.

Virginia

SJB · July 12, 2007

I did the same thing Sunday and I worried too! That was the first time I've had gum post-op and I was so scared it would plug me up! I guess it all came out OK!