I (male) get extremely nauseas and light headed when discussing catheters

[Guitarstrings]

Im just reading this case study about a male patient recivefing a urinary catheter. I get sick to my stomach, light headed, and my legs can't cross tight enough:barf02:.

I know I'M not receiving one, but that doesn't help. It's just guys aren't meant to have things...go in there....yah know?

and it's not just me being a wuss...I seriously get sick to my stomach (and very, VERY uncomfortable) just discussing it. I hate to think what will happen when I begin learning how to insert them.

Is this problem common or am I just freaking weird?

[vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN]

Yup. My "thing" is phlegm. I can. Not. Handle it.

My problem was phlegm. I could handle blood, feces everywhere and even Emesis.

Then a wonderful thing happened. My clinical instructor assigned me to care for the trach patients. The awesome thing was, among other things I learned, I learned to handle phlegm. One day I realized it no longer bothered me.