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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 ...
Ultramarine irate private investor nowag
  07/17/25
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Rambunctious mad cow disease
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increduble
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Not flame: https://ibb.co/nMk107Dp https://ibb.co/zV0fdj...
Ultramarine irate private investor nowag
  07/18/25
Are you a great big fat person?
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lascivious range
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Incredible jaw
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Ty
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Haha wow There's probably some sort of subreddit that wou...
Excitant Flickering Knife
  07/18/25
i think you also have scurvy.
light station
  07/18/25
would you describe it as a PEAK EXPERIENCE?
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How can a retainer fit down your throat? It seems like your ...
walnut selfie
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it's weird as fuck. maybe I should look into a lawsuit
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  07/18/25
"I started choking and genuinely thought I was going to...
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  07/18/25
Yeah it's possible. I was chilling out after initial panic b...
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  07/18/25
this sounds nightmarish
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Date: July 17th, 2025 9:13 PM
Author: Ultramarine irate private investor nowag

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=2)#49110525)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 9:16 PM
Author: Rambunctious mad cow disease

180

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Date: July 17th, 2025 9:17 PM
Author: Ultramarine irate private investor nowag



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:45 PM
Author: Self-absorbed swashbuckling marketing idea brethren



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:24 PM
Author: Ultramarine irate private investor nowag



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:26 PM
Author: Irradiated crackhouse degenerate



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Date: July 17th, 2025 11:45 PM
Author: Self-absorbed swashbuckling marketing idea brethren

increduble

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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Ultramarine irate private investor nowag

Not flame:

https://ibb.co/nMk107Dp

https://ibb.co/zV0fdjy7

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:19 AM
Author: Awkward Casino Quadroon

Are you a great big fat person?

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:21 AM
Author: Ultramarine irate private investor nowag

Nah

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: lascivious range



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:23 AM
Author: bateful mint multi-billionaire garrison

Incredible jaw

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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:27 AM
Author: Ultramarine irate private investor nowag

Ty

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::,




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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:52 AM
Author: Excitant Flickering Knife

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=2)#49111025)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: light station

i think you also have scurvy.

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 12:29 AM
Author: Amethyst dashing meetinghouse

would you describe it as a PEAK EXPERIENCE?

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::,




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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:56 AM
Author: walnut selfie

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=2)#49111026)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Ultramarine irate private investor nowag

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

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:57 AM
Author: walnut selfie

"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=2)#49111027)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: Ultramarine irate private investor nowag

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=2)#49111832)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:16 PM
Author: light station

this sounds nightmarish

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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Sable idea he suggested volcanic crater

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=2)#49111902)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 1:40 PM
Author: Ultramarine irate private investor nowag

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=2)#49111943)



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Date: July 18th, 2025 10:40 PM
Author: ,,.;,.,;..,.;..:.,:.;.:.:,.;...:.:,..




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



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Date: July 18th, 2025 11:01 PM
Author: ,.,,,.

Are you 300lbs?

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