Question:
I NEED HELP BIG TIME!!!!

I NEED HELP!!!!!!! LAST NIGHT I WAS CHEWING MY GUM (SUGARLESS OF COURSE) AND I GOT IN A HURRY TO DO SOMETHING AND I SWALLOWED MY GUM. I HAVE ATE AND DRANK STUFF SINCE THEN AND IT HAS STAYED DOWN. SHOULD I CALL MY DOCTOR AND TELL THEM OR JUST WAIT?    — CHRISTY F. (posted on June 25, 2003)

June 25, 2003
I think that if you were going to have a problem with swallowing gum...you would of had it by now. It will dissolve....and if you didn't get sick or feel like throwing up right when you swallowed...don't even worry about it now. You'll be just fine!
   — Heather D.

June 25, 2003
The world is over as you know it!!! Go dig your grave now!!! Just kidding. If nothing's happened by now (like a gum tree growing in your stomach...kidding again) you'll be fine. but now you know the reason why you shouldn't chew gum...it causes paranoia. (I chew it all the time...)
   — Kimberly L.

June 25, 2003
LOL Kimberly! Actually the gum won't dissolve but it will pass right through your system. I wouldn't swallow gum regularly but I don't think you have anything to worry about. Have a happy, calmer day!
   — ronascott

June 25, 2003
My mum told me that if you swallow bubble gum, you risk a chance of developing bubbles out your bum and flying away. I always spit mine out! I think you are pretty safe though. I've never seen anything quite like that on the news, EVER!
   — Tracy T.

June 25, 2003
My sister always told me it would plug up my butt... rofl... I am a big-time gum swallower... so I stopped chewing it. It doesn't hurt your pouch though, unless you have such a HUGE mouthfull that it hurts to get it past your throat!LOL!!
   — Sharon M. B.

June 25, 2003
LMAO...you guys are ALL cruel....LOL, just kidding...TOO funny....(we should all be DEAD from all the gum we swallowed but HEY, it's def. a valid question)
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