Middle aged men are such babies!!

Flatbelly · Dec 16, 2009

While I agree severe (even moderate pain) can decrease/disable a persons ability to work/think/whatever, I can't help feeling that people today are so afraid of the smallest pain it has become ridiculous. If you can tap away on your laptop, you can pour your own juice, even if it hurts a bit

This of course is my private opinion, and I would never share it with a pt in pain.

philanurse74 · Dec 16, 2009

Sounds like a weenie to me. Be glad he didn't ask for a bedbath. And congrats, or possible congrats!

getoverit, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Dec 16, 2009

Hey....I'm 40!! Are you saying I've already passed middle-age?? That's not cool...where was I??

But I have to agree that in this day and age, lots of people can't handle even the smallest amount of pain. Sometimes you just want to say: EVERYBODY hurts from time to time!! We don't all run around getting shots of mso4 everytime we don't feel 100% great!

and for all the "pain is subjective" crowd....when someone says "I'll sue you unless you give me 4mg Dilaudid IV" and then wants to get into a physical altercation because the MD ordered po pain meds (even though it's still Dilaudid)---I have a hard time believing that patient is being honest about their pain.

~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN · Dec 16, 2009

I don't know about all men but I know my husband is one LOL. I have dealt with a bad tooth for 2 years, it gives me tons of pain and it's getting more and more frequent but we haven't had the money to get it fixed.

He got a bad tooth ache and he was such a D-Bag and was in the dentist the next morning and being such a baby about it and kept telling me how his tooth pain was worse then mine :stone

Tait, MSN, RN · Dec 16, 2009

Hey....I'm 40!! Are you saying I've already passed middle-age?? That's not cool...where was I??
But I have to agree that in this day and age, lots of people can't handle even the smallest amount of pain. Sometimes you just want to say: EVERYBODY hurts from time to time!! We don't all run around getting shots of mso4 everytime we don't feel 100% great!
and for all the "pain is subjective" crowd....when someone says "I'll sue you unless you give me 4mg Dilaudid IV" and then wants to get into a physical altercation because the MD ordered po pain meds (even though it's still Dilaudid)---I have a hard time believing that patient is being honest about their pain.

Do they give you a walker on your 40th ? LOL j/k!

There is something about that specific section of "middle aged". Most pre-30's seem to be pretty tough, or mom is there to keep them happy, after 40 I think they have dealt with enough so far that this isn't the worst thing ever, but there is something magically "waah waah" aboout 30-40. No momma, but not enough experience.

However will all gross generalizations your individual results may vary!

Tait

Bill E. Rubin · Dec 16, 2009

With no comments toward the demographic generalizations, I'll concur with the pain intolerance. I love a pt who answers 9-10/10 for pain and is able to sleep or sit comfortably. I mean, your worst pain ever?? How about I take one of your fingers and bend it back until it breaks. There! That's probably a 6-7/10 for anyone who has ever experienced something *really* painful! :)

midinphx, BSN · Dec 16, 2009

I have given up that fight about whether the patient needs the pain med or not. If they ask and it's ordered, I just give it. We nurses know that a motrin would do the job and the patient is being a weeny, but we aren't going to win and I just used to get frustrated. Those that I know to be drug needers, I go in at the beginning of the shift with my MAR in hand. I say that I know pain management has been a problem for you, this is what is ordered, and this is what I can do. I generally assure them that I will wake them up every 4 hours for their pain meds (even if they are snoring at 2am, I do it!). Usually that works for me.

Now that juice pouring... nope. Not happening. I ask who opens their food at home, because you are capable. Leave it in reach and walk out. Sheesh!

Virgo_RN, BSN, RN · Dec 16, 2009

Had a big muscle bound guy in his 30s who acted like such a baby over a nasal swab. Now, I know they're not pleasant, but my God, I've seen five year olds handle it better. Same guy calling out "Nurse, nurse!!!" in a panicked tone, so I go running in there thinking something is seriously wrong, only to have him say "I'm going to throw up!" while his barf bag is laying right there on his lap. Sweetie, I am not your Mommy, and your arms are not broken. Pick up the bag, hold it to your face, and let the chunks fly. Geeze.

HelenofOz · Dec 16, 2009

Not just 'middle aged men' though-breathing slowly & steadily, BP normal, no frown lines between the eyes, lying comfortably & relaxed, pain 11/10, I don't think so, but I'll still give you pain relief.

But I've also had a pt on immediate return from OT for open appendicectomy say, "I feel so much better now-pain's gone' and the day 2 hip replacements say 'compared to pre-op pain this is nothing'

It's all about perspective, and if they've been lucky in life then this probably is the worst thing that's ever happened to them, I still wouldn't pour the juice though!

Virgo_RN, BSN, RN · Dec 16, 2009

I wonder what these guys are like outside of the hospital? Do their friends, family, coworkers know what weenies they are, or do they only save it for the nice nurses?

getoverit, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Dec 16, 2009

Do they give you a walker on your 40th ? LOL j/k!
Tait

yeah, I got the walker...but then some 39 y.o. whippersnapper stole it while I was napping on the front porch!!