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To: Bryanw92

“I wouldn’t go quite that far, but female nurses are extremely rough when handling male patients’ junk.”

Yeah, definitely doesn’t justify (what could?) a vicious attack like this on a 70 year old woman. I don’t know if female nurses are unaware, or just don’t care, about how sensitive a man’s urethra is. I’ve never been catheterized, but it certainly seems like it would be pretty unpleasant. My Mom had it done a couple times last year while being treated for bladder cancer, and she said it was quite uncomfortable. I don’t know if it’s worse for men. It may also be the case that there really isn’t a gentle, painless way to insert or remove a catheter, and best is to get it over with as quickly as possible.


45 posted on 02/11/2014 2:13:47 PM PST by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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To: -YYZ-

It is painful on insertion. it stings very badly on removal.


47 posted on 02/11/2014 2:16:21 PM PST by kaila
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To: -YYZ-
It burns, and there's no way around it. The choice is sort of like tearing a band-aid off - get-it-over-with quick or slow and it hurts a little less but for longer. And the nurse has no real baseline unless the nurse is very experienced or happens to be a guy who's had it done. Same thing is true of a chest tube, by the way.

No excuse whatever for beating your benefactor, though. None.

55 posted on 02/11/2014 2:31:24 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: -YYZ-

Which reminds me of a story from my youth. Two of my brother’s friends slept with the same girl of loose morals. Dave felt some unpleasantness afterward and got checked out. The doctor confirmed that he had an STD and gave him the appropriate medication. Dave told Jimmy that he needed to get checked out as well, so Jimmy went to the doctor and got one of those big Q-tips with a wooden stick inserted up his urethra to get a sample for the lab. Jimmy said it was the worst pain ever. Until the doctor came back in the room and said the sample had gotten contaminated and he was going to have to do the Q-tip procedure again. Evidently, the second time was exponentially more painful. It made me thankful that I didn’t have “game” like those guys.


111 posted on 02/11/2014 4:53:40 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( 0bama's words are the distraction to the destruction ))))
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