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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 ...
light stirring mental disorder den
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maroon cowardly international law enforcement agency
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Canary property
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brass cracking generalized bond school cafeteria
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increduble
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Not flame: https://ibb.co/nMk107Dp https://ibb.co/zV0fdj...
light stirring mental disorder den
  07/18/25
Are you a great big fat person?
Bipolar tanning salon sweet tailpipe
  07/18/25
Nah
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Erotic out-of-control business firm boltzmann
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Incredible jaw
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Ty
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Bronze know-it-all rigor pisswyrm
  07/18/25
Haha wow There's probably some sort of subreddit that wou...
rose home
  07/18/25
i think you also have scurvy.
Charismatic nowag
  07/18/25
would you describe it as a PEAK EXPERIENCE?
Beta Concupiscible Spot Scourge Upon The Earth
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Bronze know-it-all rigor pisswyrm
  07/18/25
How can a retainer fit down your throat? It seems like your ...
Yellow Abnormal Becky Heaven
  07/18/25
it's weird as fuck. maybe I should look into a lawsuit
light stirring mental disorder den
  07/18/25
"I started choking and genuinely thought I was going to...
Yellow Abnormal Becky Heaven
  07/18/25
Yeah it's possible. I was chilling out after initial panic b...
light stirring mental disorder den
  07/18/25
this sounds nightmarish
Charismatic nowag
  07/18/25
Are you the one whose dental hygienist was dry humping him? ...
violent up-to-no-good library
  07/18/25
Missed that thread but this accident would no doubt give bro...
light stirring mental disorder den
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light stirring mental disorder den
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Are you 300lbs?
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Date: July 17th, 2025 9:13 PM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den

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=2Reputation#49110525)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 9:16 PM
Author: maroon cowardly international law enforcement agency

180

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Date: July 17th, 2025 9:17 PM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:45 PM
Author: Canary property



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:24 PM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:26 PM
Author: brass cracking generalized bond school cafeteria



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:45 PM
Author: Canary property

increduble

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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den

Not flame:

https://ibb.co/nMk107Dp

https://ibb.co/zV0fdjy7

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:19 AM
Author: Bipolar tanning salon sweet tailpipe

Are you a great big fat person?

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:21 AM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den

Nah

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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: Erotic out-of-control business firm boltzmann



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:23 AM
Author: Racy mahogany garrison

Incredible jaw

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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:27 AM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den

Ty

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Date: July 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: Bronze know-it-all rigor pisswyrm



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:52 AM
Author: rose home

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=2Reputation#49111025)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Charismatic nowag

i think you also have scurvy.

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:29 AM
Author: Beta Concupiscible Spot Scourge Upon The Earth

would you describe it as a PEAK EXPERIENCE?

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: Bronze know-it-all rigor pisswyrm



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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:56 AM
Author: Yellow Abnormal Becky Heaven

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=2Reputation#49111026)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den

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

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:57 AM
Author: Yellow Abnormal Becky Heaven

"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=2Reputation#49111027)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den

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=2Reputation#49111832)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:16 PM
Author: Charismatic nowag

this sounds nightmarish

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: violent up-to-no-good library

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=2Reputation#49111902)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den

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=2Reputation#49111943)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:40 PM
Author: light stirring mental disorder den



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Date: July 18th, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: cobalt therapy round eye

Are you 300lbs?

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