JustSewSimple Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 A friend of mine was sewing this week and put a pin in her mouth (long one with the yellow top). She has a cold and started to cough. When she sucked in air, she swallowed the pin! She drove herself to the ER and several hours later they were able to get it out. It had already made its way into her intestines before they fished it out! Yikes! Be careful out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janette Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 omg. i always have a pin or needle in my mouth. hope your friends ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYork Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 A friend of mine yelled at me recently for having a pin in my mouth (same kind yellow flower pin). I told her I do it all the time. Her husband had been helping her with a project at school (she is a retired teacher) one time and swallowed the pin. She spent the rest of the day at the hospital with him. Needless to say his help really didn't help. LOL So, I guess it could happen but I am still guiltly of doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I do the same thing and often think........"what if I sneezed or started to cough?" Guess I will think twice before doing it again. Thanks for the reminder and the warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Happened to a gal in out guild. I try to remember but I have the BAD HABIT!!!! Thanks for the reminder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltedsunflower Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I used to work in the x-ray department at the local hospital. We had a gal or two do that same thing - but it's really hard to break the habit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 yikes! but unfortunately, guilty as charged. haven't swallowed one though. good thing it is a rare moment when i do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 So glad it worked out ok for your friend. I try not to put them in my mouth, but it is a hard habit to break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitepinesquilter Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 wow, we don't think how dangerous that could be - makes one think, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCity Quilter Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Yikes! Good reminder.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Thanks for the reminder! I have a magnetic wrist band which I need to find and start using--I pin baste a lot and always seem to have pins in my mouth! Yikes! Another warning--a customer picked up a quilt last week and I asked her if she had pieced anything lately. She showed me her right forefinger (she's left handed) which she had shaved with her rotary cutter while distracted talking to a friend. Not to get too graphic, but her finger is shorter, narrower, and has a nice scar made by the seven stitches she got at the emergency room. She hadn't been able to do much--including sewing--for three months. But the nail is intact and the feeling is coming back. Makes you cringe to think about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Yikes! No more pins will go between my lips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aithne Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 I always worry when I see my husband putting nails in his mouth to hold them but I never worry about me and my pins. I guess I have a bad habit to break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Yikes, this stuff gives me the heeby jeebys! My Dental Hygienist daughter also tells me that it ruins the enamal on your teeth so another reason to stop putting pins in your mouth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalei Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 While we're on the topic of safety measures, get a rotary cutter that AUTOMATICALLY closes, and wear shoes or slippers when cutting. A friend of mine dropped her rotary cutter on her foot (no auto close, no shoes) and it cut through two tendons on her toes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 wow, that is scary!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Yikes. I'm so bad for doing this! Thanks for the reminder to not do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon M Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 My DIL did this just 3 days before their wedding. She was making some crafty thing for the wedding, had a pin in her mouth when my son, the comedian, picked up a paper punch. He put it to his mouth and pretended to punch a hole in his tongue! When he winced in pain, she gasped and swallowed the pin! A trip to ER, they sent her to the "big city" hosp., (nearly two hours away) and after waiting in ER for hours, the pin had migrated to where it was impossible to retrieve it. Was a rather nerve-wracking few days as doctors suggested she may need surgery. She passed the pin the night before the wedding. So the joke at the wedding was that she and my son were on "pins and needles" for the past several days. Yes, my son felt just awful... little bugger.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 YIKES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathyh Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 This topic gives me pins and needles all over my body!! I promise not to find myself quilting on Millie with a pin in my mouth ever ever ever again!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 I worked at a fabric store 35 years ago and one of the sales clerk did that. It was Halloween, she had a pin in her mouth and someone else came up behind her. Scared her with a loud "Boo"...she inhaled and it was swallowed in an instant. It pasted with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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