Did’nt Your Mom tell you to keep objects out your Mouth?
12:51 am in Humor by ClubBlogger
My sister had to have surgery the other day, While visiting her I had thoughts of what happened to me this past year.
I had a serious case of indigestion..
Keep them out of your Mouth.
I was not trying to be “Cool” or anything. I used toothpicks to floss my teeth after a meal. To this day I still do not know the exact day it happened, But I swallowed a toothpick. The only explanation I can come up with is that it had to happen while I was asleep.
I must have had a great meal, grabbed my toothpick, went to lay down(some of us get sleepy after a meal) fell asleep with the toothpick in my mouth and it went down. Two weeks before my surgery I went to my doctor complaining of right side stomach pain. She sent me to the hospital for x-rays. Nothing was found. Got some pain pills and went home for week. The pain went away. I went back to work.
Two weeks later I get up to play golf. My stomach is killing me, but I love golf so I try to ignore it. I tried drinking something to make me belch thinking it was gas. I make it through the game and go home. I get home and my stomach is really hurting on the left side now. I tried laxatives and everything, Nothing was working. I then drove to the local emergency room.
I get checked in, finally see a doctor. This time I had a cat scan to see what was wrong. I remember laying on the table full of pain medication and the doctor came in and saying these words, “Mr. McCullough we have to get you in surgery ASAP, you have a toothpick sticking in your intestines.” The two weeks I did not have any pain the toothpick must have traveled from my right to my left side.
Happy to say I am fine now and to say no wooden objects will ever get near my mouth again. I can laugh and joke about it now.
Dental floss is all I use. Hope it does not happen to you.
Other cases of Toothpick Swallowing:
Dude!! That’s scary!
I know the feeling though…grab an excellent meal (usually something heavy), doze off in the recliner, and boom, toothpick swallowed.
I’m already not a fan of toothpicks, but a scenario like this convinces me even more. Glad you’re okay!
Thanks for Your Concern
It was not funny when I was in pain, But I get all the toothpick jokes
now. But its all Good……
Makes me squirm just thinking about having a toothpick stuck in your intestine! I haven’t used toothpicks for a long time and now I’m glad I don’t. Maybe they should attach a little chain to the toothpick so it won’t go down very far LOL
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