Sorry My Butt Is So Nasty

[blas]

Yet another nurse who probably has no business being in the medical field and having to interact with people.

I had to have a follow up Pap (every 6 months for those of us cursed with lady issues) and my Depo shot the other day.

I have gotten my shot in my rear end ever since I first started the shot. I am not afraid of needles and I have a high pain tolerance, it's just that shots in the arm have always made that arm numb and pretty much useless for a few days, and with every job I've ever had, I can't be without both arms being perfectly up to par. Plus, I stand all night, so a sore butt cheek really doesn't set me back.

So the nurse comes in after my Pap is done to give me my shot, and she goes "Which arm?" and I respond "I usually get it in my hip" (technically it's your butt but you say "hip" because it's on the other side of your hipbone)

She rolls her eyes, sighs, and puts the shot together, and sighs again as I undo my pants.

So sorry my butt is so gross. Next time I'll be sure to stop tanning and stop working out so there's more butt dimples and cellulite for you.

Nurses may not see the full monty during procedures, but they see other nasty stuff and body parts 24/7. Every time I've had a colposcopy, a nurse has had to be in the room with the doctor as a witness. Maybe you should find a new field of career choice if my ass is that disgusting to you.

[Evil Queen]

You get yours twice a year? Gak. I get mine once a year as directed by my Gyno. Never had a problem.

But I agree. Most the nurses I've come in contact with were real bitches/jerks/acted like they hated their jobs. Why bother being a nurse if you don't like your job? The nice ones worked for the blood bank. Now THEY were some cool people!

[marty]

Blas, I feel your pain with the every six months thing. And the colposcopy? Don't get me started...weirdest feeling ever? Probably.

The nurse I got during my colposcopy was this crazy old lady who mumbled to herself and kept taking her gloves off to put on hand sanitizer while the doctor was doing the procedure. I was kind of freaked out. Time for retirement or a new job, anyone?

[tropicsgoddess]

Sheesh. New career or retirement much?

[Kiwi]

see thats why I dont have anything checked that I dont have to, including smear tests

because of nurses like that

sorry doing your JOB is such a hassle!

[Rapscallion]

So sorry my butt is so gross.

I'm sure that if you want amateur opinions, you'd be inundated with offers. Professionals aren't always right, you see...

Rapscallion

[blas]

I avoided it all I could. Trust me, my medical bills are more than all of my loans and expenses combined. I will be paying off this crap until I'm 40....I HATE having to do this. I'm cursed with lady problems. And if you've had abnormal Paps, you have to go twice a year until you get negative results for 2 years.

[Record Store Tough Guy]

This thread is useless without pics.

[marasbaras]

I'd complain to the doctor's office about it. That's rather rude behavior on her part.

[blas]

Sorry, no pics. I have really bad tan lines. Have you seen how small some of those tanning beds are? Add in the fact that I'm kind of......thick in the rear end.....

I know girls who are in college to be CNAs, RNs, and LPNs. I completely understand how demanding that field is. I COMPLETELY, OH SO COMPLETELY 1110000% understand how mandatory overtime and 12 hour shifts SUCK. I may not be a nurse, but I have done overtime every week for nearly 9 months before, and I'm positive it'll happen again. That is no reason to be rude to patients. You are dealing with people's health and well being.

[rerant]

That is no reason to be rude to patients. You are dealing with people's health and well being.

And how.
It's not as though being a nurse is a job you've taken just to get you by, where hating it is to be expected.
This is a career path you choose and work very hard to reach your end goal, so how in the fuck can someone think they're suited for that line of work if they can't even tolerate giving someone a needle in the butt?
Maybe she should go be a truck driver or a toll booth operator. Anything that has a stereotype of surliness. At least then she'd fit in.

However I must commend you on taking your shot in the butt.
I can't bring myself to get the shot anywhere but my arm.
It doesn't help that I'm terrified of needles and after every shot have to sit outside for several minutes while I breathe deeply and attempt to not pass out or puke, but I'm getting better at it. My next shot is somewhere around the end of September so maybe this time I won't need the numbing agent and won't have to turn my head and clutch the metal bar like a five-year-old.



Well... maybe the shot after that.

[blas]

The Depo shot is a very, very thick concoction. You can actually feel the thick texture as it goes in. It feels really odd, less painful, more awkward. It feels different than a tetnus shot, Hepatitis B shot, all the other shots you get growing up.

[AnaKhouri]

If it was the area behind your hip...it wasn't even really your butt then, was it? I mean you didn't have to take off your pants and get a shot in the rear end like a baby. The way I picture it, it was an area that would be exposed by a swimsuit anyway.

[CaroPhoenix]

Depending on where on the hip it has to be, you might have to take down your pants to see the butt area.

I had to get a Rogame (is that how it's spelled?) shot when I was pregnant and after the baby was born. I am A- and my daughter is O+. That was literally in the butt. First time, I got the shot, lady made me bleed.

[blas]

I had to drop trou just a wee bit...I didn't have to expose the whole full moon