Gross Things You Wish You Didn't See (G-rated)

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

So, at Thanksgiving one of my relatives and I were talking about the unhealthy diets that are landing people in the hospital. She told me that a doctor friend of hers was examining a morbidly obese woman and found a moldy twinkie under her breast. :eek: He picked out the twinkie, held it up and told the woman that this type of eating was the cause of her problems.

I kid you not.

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I thought Twinkies defied decomposition and were indestructible.

On a similar note--

An elderly woman came in because she had as she said "vines growing from my coochananny." Come to find out she had put a potato in her "nanny" because she had a uterine prolapse. The potato had been forgotten about and grew eyes.

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

Lovely. Is that a folk remedy for prolapsed uterus?

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Specializes in EMS, ER, GI, PCU/Telemetry.

I had a patient with a potato pessary too! It sprouted more than eyes, LOL.... it was more like legs.

Also had found a snickers, a vienna sausage, watermelon seeds and a half eaten taco in fat folds. One lady stuck her finger in the sour cream and said "well, it's from yesterday. Do you think its still good?"

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

Gross!

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flightnurse2b said:
One lady stuck her finger in the sour cream and said "well, it's from yesterday. Do you think its still good?"

I think I would have thrown up! That's sooo gross! Do these people not shower?!?

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My friend at work found half a pancake under the breast

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Specializes in CVICU-ICU.

Sounds like somebody has been watching "The Doctors". The newest talk show on television in the afternoon. They just aired a segment that had talked about all of the above mentioned.

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Kymmi said:
Sounds like somebody has been watching "The Doctors". The newest talk show on television in the afternoon. They just aired a segment that had talked about all of the above mentioned.

I love watching that show on the days that I get home early enough from class. Good way to wind down after a long day.

As for the food found in odd places, that is just too gross!

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Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Resource Pool, Dialysis.

OMG........ I thought the patient we had who had some legitimate mental disorder which caused her to be compelled to stuff various things (wrappers, pieces of candy, coins) into her many wounds was gross.

The potato pessary is WAY, WAY worse!!!!! Potatoes really aren't that expensive - you could change your potato at least every other day! Right?

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pricklypear said:
... Potatoes really aren't that expensive - you could change your potato at least every other day! Right?

That is sooooo nasty!

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I suppose a potato is better than the less substantial french fry.:coollook:

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