Some people like wearing butt plugs. I personally don’t get it, but to each their own.


That said, there are some places where it’s okay to wear a butt plug, and others where it’s not. For example, if you’re about to get an MRI, you might want to consider popping over to the bathroom and removing your plug. Otherwise, the thing could be sent rocketing up your colon.



This image isn’t new, to be clear — it’s been floating around the internet for at least a year, with articles on the topic being posted in May 2023.


Did this really happen? I couldn’t find anything concrete verifying it — and so, I decided to reach out to Chris Goodnow, the lawyer mentioned in the post, to see if he had anything to say on the matter. He hasn’t gotten back to me yet, but if and when he does, I’ll be sure to update this post.



That said, there is some evidence to suggest that something like this has happened in the past. Per a MAUDE Adverse Event Report from the FDA, “Patient was screened for a MRI and did not disclose that she had a ‘butt plug’ inserted. She went in for the MRI and when the MRI was over and the tech was pulling the table out the patient started to scream.”


“The patient stated that she felt nauseous, was in pain, and felt like she was going to pass out,” the report continues. “An ambulance was called for this patient and she was sent to the hospital. The patient was checked out by the radiologist at the site before transport to ensure the patient was doing okay.”


Unfortunately, the patient didn’t return any follow-up calls to check in on how she was doing.



When this image was posted to Reddit’s r/Radiology, users were divided about whether or not it was real. “I think it’s real based on the CT scan images. There is streak artifact at the correct places on the images from the metal and it looks correct,” wrote a user. “I think that would be hard to fake, and it would require whomever was faking it to know CT well enough to recreate.”


“The image is likely a real coronal slice from a CT scan, the story about how it happened is bullshit,” countered another. “An MRI might cause burns, but it didn’t move it in the way they’re describing, the patient probably got it stuck and it migrated proximal in the colon and perfed the bowel. It’s also not in the chest cavity it’s below the quadrate lobe of the liver.”


Bullshit or not, we love the story — and it’s a good reminder to clean your poopchute of any metal before your next MRI.