Comments on: Expect It http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/ A blog from inside the emergency department Mon, 20 May 2013 13:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: airman http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-24304 airman Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:36:57 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-24304 A while ago I had the misfortune of making an off-airport landing (crashing) a military liason aircraft onto a golf course, The impact was severe enough to totally destroy the plane, but I was surprizingly intact (head lacerations, broken wrist, a few burns, but nothing that was all that bad). I got transported to the nearest hospital ER and the doc on duty examined me; they cut off my clothes/flight suit but were nice about it. The doc told me that she needed to do a rectal exam, I asked it it was really necessary, she replied that it was, pulled the curtain around the bed and gave me a quick explanation. Before doing it, she reassured me that it wouldn’t hurt and asked me if it was o.k. to do it. As fast as I said that it was o.k. she was done, told the nurse that my “tone” or something was o.k. pulled the curtain back and I was off for more tests and scans. I got admitted and that doc came in to see me briefly and explained that I had a concussion and possible minor spinal injury, which turned out to be minor. She also told me that she was sorry about having to do the rectal exam, but that it was necessary. Having a doc who took a few seconds to let me know what was going on made all the difference.

]]> By: robbie http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-19680 robbie Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:35:13 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-19680 I had to undergo a rectal/prostate exam for the military. The physician was about 128 years old and he literally shoved most of his hand into my ass. was in pain and later diagnosed with an anal fissure.

Just because someone is an MD does not mean he/she knows what the heck they are doing/

]]> By: Muskeg Navigator http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-19075 Muskeg Navigator Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:38:10 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-19075 Of course formed stool is bigger than a normal sized finger, and it’s beside the point. They’re not talking about literally feeling like an arm is up their butts, they’re talking about the psych issue of having an area of their body they’ve been conditioned all their lives to regard as intensely private on display under bright lights before a small audience of strangers and then penetrated, not just with an inanimate medical tool but with someone’s – one of said strangers – HAND. I’ve heard many men describe prostate exams in exactly those terms (someone’s arm up their butts) and they mean how it makes them FEEL, EMOTIONALLY, and don’t know any other way to express it. You’re not just treating a de-personed body. If you want to be a good doctor, don’t succumb to the desensitization that too often takes hold in health care workers – nurses included – who poke/prod/stick/stab human beings all day long and forget what it feels like to be on the other end of the needle/cannula/catheter/speculum/scalpel/power saw. Hopefully the anaesthetic is working in the latter two cases, but sometimes it isn’t. And I’ve been there on THAT one.

]]> By: horsetech http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-17011 horsetech Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:48:38 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-17011 Somehow, I (female) am no longer interested in Tootsie Rolls after this thread.

SeaSpray — maybe WC secretly wants to be a large animal vet? http://www.comstockequine.com/view_pic.php?id=193 (SFW)

]]> By: horsetech http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-17010 horsetech Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:43:58 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-17010 Aww, dammit, just re-read the rest of the thread and saw I was beaten to the punch. Sorry about that.

]]> By: horsetech http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-17009 horsetech Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:43:20 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-17009 The rearrangement to form “ass-clay” seems particularly appropriate on this thread. PTSD from ass-clay?

]]> By: Katherine http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-16919 Katherine Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:50:10 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-16919 Inthebutt.

]]> By: MiniMedic http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-16861 MiniMedic Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:42:03 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-16861 For my yearly PAP, I get both a DRE and that damned speculum shoved up my ho-hah. Not a pleasant experience, but a few moments of pain are worth knowing that all is well in my woman regions.

Men, cease your bitching before I hand you some Hershey’s.

]]> By: Steve http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-16846 Steve Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:52:24 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-16846 And how long would it take housekeeping to sweep up all those rose petals?

Steve

]]> By: SeaSpray http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/02/expect-it/#comment-16824 SeaSpray Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:13:34 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4311#comment-16824 Funny WC! So ..you do them up to your elbow? I guess you don the monster gloves then. ;)

Post and comments funny. I appreciated the laugh. :)

And the more serious comments insightful.

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