Destined for urban legend status

[Mishi]

(Mum got one of the ward nurses to have a quiet 'facts of life' chat with her neighbour. But of all the times to not know something....)

Speaking of which, our girls (4 and 6) are taking great delight in explaining to some people how babies are born. We've had a few people ask them "How do you think the baby will arrive?" expecting a cute answer...their faces moments later were priceless

[Sapphire Silk]

On the ignorance of some women--I once had a student, a woman in her forties, who asked me in all seriousness if a tampon could get "lost up there" and travel up into the abdomen. I was gladdened that she liked and trusted me enough to ask such a question, but at the same time I was appalled at her ignorance. And yes, I frankly explained to her the structural differences between a vagina, where nothing that big could get past the cervix, and a colon, where the intestines do just keep on going.

Scary thing is, I have had a patient who had not one, not two, but THREE tampons left in the vagina over a prolonged time frame (at least a week, if not longer), inter spaced in which period were numerous sexual encounters that left deposits of their own.

The smell was . . . epic.

[Ophbalance]

Scary thing is, I have had a patient who had not one, not two, but THREE tampons left in the vagina over a prolonged time frame (at least a week, if not longer), inter spaced in which period were numerous sexual encounters that left deposits of their own.

The smell was . . . epic.

That is... just... how? How can there be enough room for... Mother of God, I'm just going to need to not ever think on this again .

[fireheart]

Its a cheap pessary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pessary). It happens with the Amish community I live around. The women birth a ton of kids ( no birth control) and their vaginal structure isn't what it once was. If they prefer to visit their herbal doctors instead if the hospital, it's what works.

Generally though you'd expect them to at least remove/change said potato, not leave it in there until it starts sprouting....>.>
Also a little fun fact re the Amish: the ordnung (roughly the rulebook on their way of life) actually allows birth control to be used.

[dalesys]

Gives a new flavor to the old count out...

One potato, two potato, ...

[PepperElf]

wow. and i thought the guy who shoved a potato and a jar of jam up his rectum* was a special case of stupid... but to shove a potato up there long enough for it to sprout?


I guess you could say she gave birth to a Tater Tot?




*Sadly not an urban legend. I saw the photos online at a classic "shock" site.

[LastMinuteProcess]

Well, when you consider how many people -- women included-- who get to College not realizing there are 3 holes down there, anything is believable.

[Yeah, I've heard people in their 20s think the baby hole and the pee hole are one and the same.]

[Seshat]

Some urethras are hard to find. Even for a continence physician and nurse....

(Yes, I've had the unpleasant experience of having them attempt to catheter me. And not be able to find it for .. quite some time.)

[Amina516]

Gives a new flavor to the old count out...

One potato, two potato, ...

You said flavor.......

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

And they called her Tater Salad.

[Seshat]

Scary thing is, I have had a patient who had not one, not two, but THREE tampons left in the vagina.

Friend of mine once had the string on her tampon break loose: apparently fishing a tampon out sans string is a difficult thing to do for yourself....

(Yes, she - or rather, her fiancee - got it out. No, it wasn't in there a week... ewww.)

[Sapphire Silk]

The gal in question was a prostitute and a drunk. She was in the hospital to dry out and started complaining of abdominal pain. She came down to the ER because at that hospital the ER doctor admitted the detox patients.

when the doc came in to do the pelvic exam, I handed him a surgical mask because the smell was so bad. He thought I was exaggerated until he actually got in there.

[Cia]

Wouldn't the roots try to burrow into her flesh seeking nutrients? Gives me the heebie jeebies. -shudder-

[Sparky]

Generally though you'd expect them to at least remove/change said potato, not leave it in there until it starts sprouting....>.>
Also a little fun fact re the Amish: the ordnung (roughly the rulebook on their way of life) actually allows birth control to be used.

Perhaps this was the plan. Wait for it to grow a vine, then pull it like a tampon string.

[fireheart]

Some urethras are hard to find. Even for a continence physician and nurse....

(Yes, I've had the unpleasant experience of having them attempt to catheter me. And not be able to find it for .. quite some time.)

This is one of the reasons why I'm hoping that should I go down the route of having babies, that I don't end up in a situation where I need to be cathetered...*squick*