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[yougottabelieve]

I know this isn't very active anymore, but I'm posting on the off-chance that this is still on people's friends page

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[quietchildae]

If you can, I think you might go to the doctor/urgent care. I would be concerned about potentially perforating your intestines, though maybe I'm being overly paranoid myself, but hey. Butter safe than sorry.

[scwolf_10k]

It would be wise to see a doctor about it. Since obviously your body is going to treat it as a foreign object (which it is) it will try to get it out the 'natural' way, and since it's a bar there's a chance it might lie horizontally and get stuck somewhere which might cause a blockage. So it would be good to see a doctor about it, an xray might show where it is and the doctor would tell you what's the right/best thing to do.

[ely_m]

you need to go to emergency room. They will do x-rays and decide what to do. you may have to go under surgery to have it removed safety.

[lishd]

i'm interested to know how this turned out for you. i did the same thing - swallowed a 14ga 1" barbell shaft with one ball attached - in the late 90s. mine came out fine (i made sure to locate it so i wouldn't have to worry) & i expect yours did too, but i am curious.

[yougottabelieve]

I was fine too - I was also advised to 'locate' it. I ended up not going to hospital - I just had far too much university work - but the NHS website said I should keep an eye on myself and if I was in any pain go right away.

[lishd]

yep, that's exactly what i would've said had i seen this post in anything like a timely manner.

did you keep it? i still have mine, & i wear it as a bracelet sometimes. it's fun to tell people "this barbell has seen more of me than i have". :)

[yougottabelieve]

I toyed with the idea of keeping it but didn't in the end - I know what I'm like and it would have most likely ended up in my regular jewellery collection D=