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SerioOria
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564367 - 08/21/05 08:38 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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i got 20 minutes, why in gods name did you eat sand
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MOTH
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: SerioOria]
#4564461 - 08/21/05 08:55 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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It really is a long story. I'm not sure you want to hear it, but I guess I shouldn't be afraid to talk about it. (plus I'm in a stony sharey mood) It was about two years or so ago. Well...to make a long story short...I kinda had a mini-breakdown and did some things to myself I shouldn't have. (DON'T REMIND ME, I know it was dumb)
Anyway, I became severely anemic. I couldn't even walk to the kitchen without becoming exhausted and breathing hard. I could hardly walk at all because I was in a great deal of physical pain. My body was so weak. Ice was the best thing ever. I ate tons of it, just gobbled up all the ice I could. Soon, I started craving other stuff. I remember watching the Discovery Channel and seeing a bulldozer shovel dirt and sand into a pile and feeling my mouth water. Suddenly ALL I could think about was sand. Everytime I thought of it, my entire mouth woudl just react, like I wanted to eat it so bad.
I remember going to my wedding ceremony craving sand.
Not my finest hour, by a long shot.
So eventually...I got ahold of a bag of sand. I was nearly rabid with desire to eat it..the first spoonful I tried dry. I liked it, in fact the first word that popped into my head was, "Yum." But it was missing something. I moistened the sand a bit with water to make it just a bit clumpy, and then ate another spoonful. This was more like it. Then started my sand eating thing. I consumed over two bags of sand in the next six months. Even when my health was better and I didn't crave it anymore, I still ate it.
Eventually (during the most powerful trip of my life) it HIT ME what I was doing to myself, and I felt so ashamed and embarrsed. I realized I had deep grooves in my teeth where the sand had eroded my molars. I was like, "Why the FUCK are you eating sand? WTF?" Ironically, it was a dose of reality in an unreal state that prompted me to stop eating sand forever.
I also used to eat sand as a child.
As for why I ate all that gum...I really don't know. It tasted good?
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SerioOria
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564496 - 08/21/05 09:01 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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well at least you got over that, im still at a loss for why the fuck you were eating sand in the first place
ne way, have fun with your tummy ache, school and my new job start tomorrow, whoooo!!!1!1!
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: SerioOria]
#4564502 - 08/21/05 09:02 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Awesome...I forget, what are you going to be doing in your new job?
Enjoy your exciting day tomorrow.
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564565 - 08/21/05 09:14 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564580 - 08/21/05 09:18 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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That's about the oddest thing I have heard in a while. But I ate match heads as a child so I guess we all eat something weird at one point or another.
I don't think the gum will hurt you. I use to eat juicy fruit.
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: adrug]
#4564595 - 08/21/05 09:21 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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actually my dad's a doctor and he said if you ate enough you will die... seek emergency help immediately...
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MOTH
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: adrug]
#4564600 - 08/21/05 09:21 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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That's what the psych doctor who I went to see at the hospital later that same year told me.
I had one scare in my sand eating days...I was really constipated for about 2-3 days, couldn't shit for the life of me. My stomach was growing more and more in pain. I just kept thinking about all those tiny grains of sand abrasing the sensitive lining of my stomach/intestines, getting all compacted. Anyway, I was so uncomfortable. I should have gone to the doctor then, but we didn't have health insurance at the time. It really sucked, just being in pain all the time, feeling like you have to shit but can't. Finally I just gave myself several enemas and found out what sand does to excrement.
I know, TMI, but that's why I think gum has nothing on sand.
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564610 - 08/21/05 09:23 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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youv eaten sand and you think gum will kill you?
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MOTH
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: AliceDee]
#4564615 - 08/21/05 09:24 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
AliceDee said: actually my dad's a doctor and he said if you ate enough you will die... seek emergency help immediately...
How much is "enough?" I don't think I've eaten more then the average 7 year old.
What are the warning signs I should look for? I feel okay now, the pain has receeded. (I took 2 tylenol and 2 pepto bismal)
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MOTH
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: AliceDee]
#4564623 - 08/21/05 09:25 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
AliceDee said: youv eaten sand and you think gum will kill you?
Well, I keep having this image of the gum balled up in my intestine, blocking it and making me die.
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564624 - 08/21/05 09:25 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
EllemyshShade said:
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AliceDee said: actually my dad's a doctor and he said if you ate enough you will die... seek emergency help immediately...
How much is "enough?" I don't think I've eaten more then the average 7 year old.
What are the warning signs I should look for? I feel okay now, the pain has receeded. (I took 2 tylenol and 2 pepto bismal)
you will be constipated and eventually die from having to much shit... itll take a couple days...
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MOTH
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: AliceDee]
#4564634 - 08/21/05 09:26 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Okay cool, so I have some time.
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564650 - 08/21/05 09:29 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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he says eat a lot of metamucil and take enema's two times a day and to hold it in your butt for more than 10 minutes until you release....
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564662 - 08/21/05 09:31 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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How big were these bags of sand? Like 40 lb bags??
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MOTH
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: Boom]
#4564687 - 08/21/05 09:34 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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They were the play sand bags from Lowes...they were like bricks carrying up the stairs. Heavy.
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564698 - 08/21/05 09:35 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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And you didn't have any lasting health problems? (sorry, I'm intrigued )
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MOTH
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: Boom]
#4564730 - 08/21/05 09:39 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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The main thing is my teeth...I'm serious, my back molars are bowl-shaped from grinding the sand. I didn't even grind it that hard, just brushed my teeth together over it to simulate chewing. I've been avoiding a trip to the dentist because I'm scared of what he's going to say. I figure I'll just tell him I chew a lot of hard candy...or something.
As far as my innards are concerned, no I haven't noticed any ill effects, but who knows what's going on in there.
But I don't feel like any damage was done to my guts at all with the sand eating.
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#4564782 - 08/21/05 09:48 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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well ya know chewing sand is why elephants have to grow 6 sets of teeth in their life time. It can really mess teeth up.
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Re: Can gum kill you? [Re: MOTH]
#8851848 - 08/30/08 11:09 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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no worries u'll be fine i've accidently swallowed gum n had the same prob maybe i can help: u'll prob just get diorrea n gas cause it's indigestable n also the poly alcohols in sugarfree gumscan cause gasn upsetstomach hope that helped
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