Friday, September 20, 2019

As a surgical nurse, what's the weirdest thing you've seen


It’s difficult to say which is the weirdest as you see a lot of odd things! There was a Vicar with a potato lodged in his bottom, a teenage boy with a glass tomato sauce bottle stuck on his penis (which he had tried to smash off with a hammer), an elderly gentleman with an umbrella handle stuck in his bottom… the best bit is the stories of how said items became stuck!
The strangest thing I’ve seen was a well educated business woman who was absolutely convinced that she needed her ovary removed, despite the fact that there was nothing wrong with it (she had CT scans, Ultrasound scans, x-rays, blood tests). She was adamant, she screamed and shouted and had about 5 diffferent medical opinions. Threatened to sue the hospital if else didn’t comply… being the NHS we are not prone to giving patients surgery just because they want it. She refused to have a Psyciatric evaluation and discharged herself-to find a hospital that would comply with her request.

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