One woman is on a mission to encourage others to seek medical treatment - no matter how embarrassing the situation - after she was forced to have a 10-centimetre sex toy surgically removed from her bum, and was almost left needing a colostomy bag. Emily Georgia*, 20, was enjoying some bedroom fun with a male friend when the stainless steel sex toy vanished after he got 'excited' and pushed too hard on it. "We were having a naughty night in last March and decided to use the toy – I'd never used one before,” explained Emily.
"I think he got too excited and managed to push the end of it in too. It was a goner.”
After attempts to manually retrieve it failed, Emily says the man suggested leaving it to naturally work its way out before leaving her to deal with it.
"I began to panic and told him I needed to go to hospital. He said it should come out naturally on the toilet and then he said 'I'm really sorry I have work early in the morning' and he shot off,” said Emily.
Emily’s concerned housemate rushed her to hospital, where the carer was too embarrassed to tell staffers what had happened.
"I didn't fancy saying it across the reception desk so asked for a pen and paper,” said Emily.
"The receptionist said it happens a lot more often than you think and said she'd heard worse."
After waiting three hours for a X-ray, Emily was warned there was a risk of it perforating her bowl due to a gem located on the end of the toy and that she faced an hour-long surgery to remove it.
"It was already in my bowel bashing me about and because it's made of stainless steel it felt really heavy and uncomfortable,” explains Emily.
"I assumed they could get it out manually but it was only when I saw the X-ray did I realise they couldn't and how dangerous it was.
As she was being wheeled to theatre the following day, doctors told Emily if they couldn't extract it rectally they might have to go through the bowel and take some out, which could mean at least six months with a colostomy bag.
"Obviously when they said about the colostomy bag I was devastated – I'm only 20,” she revealed.
"I'm a carer and I've seen colostomy bags – they're not pretty, I've never been so frightened.
"When they spoke about the gem and that it could perforate my bowel I was devastated that a night of fun could have killed me."
Post-surgery nurses offered the toy as a keepsake which she accepted.
"When I first woke up I wanted to go back to sleep as I didn't want to look down at my tummy in case they had to cut me open to get to it,” said Emily.
"As they didn't have to go through my stomach I'm guessing they managed to get it out the other way."
She was discharged the following day and tentatively made her way home.
The carer is now speaking out to warn others that embarrassment shouldn't stop those who find themselves in similar predicaments from seeking medical help urgently.
"If anyone is in the same situation I would advise to obviously try and get it out yourself first but then definitely take yourself straight to the hospital if you can,” she said.
"It's not as embarrassing as it seems – people at [emergency] see things like this all the time and will have seen far worse things up people's rectums.
"The hospital staff were amazing – they were so funny and never once made me feel uncomfortable, that's why I find it so easy to talk about."