I almost swallowed a piece of gum the other day on accident and I kind of stopped it in my throat and thought that that might give me a blockage so I coughed it up and spit it out...making a big scene at my friend's house because of the nasty noises I was making, but that was definitely better than a potential blockage! haha so does anyone have any info on this?

Short answer is probably not. Your stomach acids should breakdown the gum pretty quickly. But any undigested food as the potential of getting stuck. For me, I eat everything and don’t really give it a 2nd thought. I love corm, peas, peanuts, grapes. I’ve only had one minor blockage; and I wouldn’t really call it a blockage; in the 7 years of living with my j-pouch and it cleared itself after day.

This has come up before and it appears no one has ever had a blockage from accidentally (or on-purpose) swallowed gum.

kathy