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23 July 2011

Crème de glace. Um, crème de GLASS. Tell me I'll be alright? Will I be okay? I ate broken glass tonight. Finely-crushed small particles. Not on purpose -- I'm not a circus geek. Broken glass is one of a very few things that freak me out. Please tell me I'll be okay? I'm a bit freaked out. (Cross-posted on AskMe.) →[More:]
I had dinner with a few friends, one of whom makes homemade coconut-milk ice cream. Another friend was talking about how he had dropped a glass container of this fellow's ice cream, then ate the ice cream from the center where the glass shards would be unlikely to reside. So we had some ice cream after dinner, and of course I'm thinking there's no way it could be the same ice cream. I mean, what kind of dumbasses eat ice cream that might have broken glass in it? My dumbass friends, evidently.

The first few spoonfuls were fine, but then I noticed something slightly crunchy, like a few grains of sand, but I figured it was frozen cherries. Then I found two pieces of glass with my tongue, both about 1/4" long and wicked sharp. And I stopped eating, but then found a tiny fragment between my teeth, meaning the original crunchy stuff was probably glass.

I feel okay, but the back of my throat feels the way it does when I have a hair stuck there.

The ice cream was delish, by the way. Earl Grey with cherries and glass.

post by: shane at: 19:58 | 5 comments

Yikes, Shane, sorry to hear this. It is probably worth calling a nurse line or such and getting their opinion on whether there is anything you can do.

When I ate glass, it was mixed in with rice (at a restaurant). We went to the emergency room, where I was a pretty low priority for them. When I did get in, they took an x-ray to double check that it wasn't a huge piece of glass.

It didn't show up on the x-ray, so they told me to just watch for blood for the next few days but that I'd just pass it on my own. They told me that there really isn't much they can do for it (but they will go after it if it's large enough).

Wasn't a fun few days (it didn't hurt ever but it really freaked me out), and I didn't eat at the restaurant for a long time after that.the restaurant owner handled things really well given the circumstances. I think somebody in the kitchen was an idiot and broke a beer bottle at some point and didn't do a reasonable job of cleaning it up, that's my best guess anyway.

So I would probably still call someone, but if it's tiny as it sounds, you will probably just have to stress for a few days.

posted by Sil 23 July | 20:51

Also, don't eat with that friend again! Sheesh!

posted by Sil 23 July | 20:51

Go to the ER. You are probably fine but get it checked out for your body's sake and for peace of mind.

posted by bearwife 23 July | 22:05

Who the hell serves ice cream that might have broken glass in it??? It's freakin' ice cream not mastadon tears wrapped in gold leaf.

Go have someone look at your throat just in case.

Bloody hell.

posted by gomichild 24 July | 06:04

LOL, gomichild. Thanks, bearwife, and thanks Sil for posting here and there -- sorry you had this fun experience too. I guess I'm fine. I'll chalk it up to another life experience that should have been lyrics to a Pogues song -- "Ate broken glass in my ice cream, then had another pint..." lol.

posted by shane 24 July | 11:45

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