I stupidly pushed an SD card into the DVD drive slot,

how should I proceed? MBP mid 2010
I know, how did you do that? my wife was distracting me and the slot is on the right side on my Imac..

On AppleCare warranty? Hightail it to an Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider. Have them take off the optical drive and get the card out. Keeps your warranty intact.
Else decide whether you want to be a Do It Yourself hero or not. No? See above. Yes? www.powerbookmedic.com or www.ifixit.com have instructions on how to take the optical drive off the Mac, after which you can shake the card out.
Somebody might suggest trying to fish the card out, but from the size of the slot on the aluminum unibody, you're most likely to scratch the case, damage the drive and ruin the card. Taking the drive off is much safer, albeit a bit more involved.
EDIT: are you talking about your MacBook Pro or an iMac? This is the MBP forum....

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