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Pretend you're swallowing a big piece of meat.

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Flowersforyourchocolateprettyplease · 01/05/2026 17:23

Have been to the hospital for a Gastroscopy. Consultant came to have a chat before the procedure, just him and I in the little room.
He explained what would be happening and said " as the tube goes down, pretend you're swallowing a big piece of meat".

I was nervous about the procedure and once it was done, I was chatting to a male friend and mentioned the comment above.
Friend says to report him as that's unacceptable language from a professional and thinks it was a sexual innuendo.

Also thinks it would have been inappropriate to a vegan or someone with eating issues.

YABU : It was an innocent remark.
YANBU: Dirty minded consultant.

OP posts:
BillieWiper · 01/05/2026 17:48

Well the doctor didn't want you to start mimicking the action of a blow job did he? He wanted you to swallow something that's lumpy, and he thought of meat because that's a type of food that might be hard to swallow if not chewed.

As an anorexia sufferer I can't say I'd be offended by him saying the name of a type of food to me.

Your friend obviously has sex on the brain.

JaneJeffer · 01/05/2026 17:48

LikelyLacking · 01/05/2026 17:47

No… I have never considered what you posted fun.

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Fair enough

Plummagic · 01/05/2026 17:47

At least he didn't say pretend you are swallowing a whole sausage.

LikelyLacking · 01/05/2026 17:47

JaneJeffer · 01/05/2026 17:43

Remember when we could have fun on here?

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No… I have never considered what you posted fun.

ginasevern · 01/05/2026 17:46

That's exactly what the female nurse said to me when I went for a pillcam. She said "just pretend it's a piece of meat". Maybe it's a standard phrase medics use? Anyway, your friend is being daft.

sammylady37 · 01/05/2026 17:46

PiglingBlandings · 01/05/2026 17:38

Not sleazy. Meat isn’t easily chewable. Totally different to saying imagine you’re swallowing a big bit of courgette.

people really need to have a word with themselves. Not everything is about sex. This consultant needs to get things done. It’s probably taken ages to narrow down the right sort of descriptor. And weirdoes (who likely are not contributing in a similar way to society) are pointing the finger in a guessing game that it “might’ be sleaze. With no knowledge.

Absolutely. When people complain about consultants being devoid of personality and robotic, this ridiculous shit is one of the reasons why. Imagine the hassle for this poor consultant if a complaint was actually made about this.

JaneJeffer · 01/05/2026 17:44

BotterMon · 01/05/2026 17:43

FFS get a grip!

Hopefully he didn’t say that as well

DeskGnome · 01/05/2026 17:44

I love Mumsnet on a Friday evening, it's even more batshit than normal.

The vegan bit, had me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

BotterMon · 01/05/2026 17:43

FFS get a grip!

JaneJeffer · 01/05/2026 17:43

LikelyLacking · 01/05/2026 17:41

Just gross..

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Remember when we could have fun on here?

SingingHinny · 01/05/2026 17:42

I'm a vegetarian. Your friend is a strange person.

It's well over 30 years since I swallowed a piece of meat, but I doubt there's any vegetarian or vegan equivalent for it -- mostly our food is far more chewed when we swallow it than a chunk of meat, so the swallowing action is probably a bit different, perhaps less effortful?

ThatLemonBee · 01/05/2026 17:42

Your friend is being silly but I admit I have a dirty mind and would have pmsl with that

LikelyLacking · 01/05/2026 17:41

JaneJeffer · 01/05/2026 17:40

Aww

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Just gross..

PiglingBlandings · 01/05/2026 17:40

Oh god - I just saw your friend is male and that hadn’t registered. This says so SO much more about your friend than the consultant. Rough.

JaneJeffer · 01/05/2026 17:40

Blimms · 01/05/2026 17:35

Don’t encourage it.

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Aww

cloudtreecarpet · 01/05/2026 17:38

🙄🙄🙄🙄

PiglingBlandings · 01/05/2026 17:38

Not sleazy. Meat isn’t easily chewable. Totally different to saying imagine you’re swallowing a big bit of courgette.

people really need to have a word with themselves. Not everything is about sex. This consultant needs to get things done. It’s probably taken ages to narrow down the right sort of descriptor. And weirdoes (who likely are not contributing in a similar way to society) are pointing the finger in a guessing game that it “might’ be sleaze. With no knowledge.

ShesRunningOutTheDoor · 01/05/2026 17:38

Jesus Christ. Your friend is a most heinous person and maybe you are too.

socks1107 · 01/05/2026 17:36

Are you serious?

audhdandme · 01/05/2026 17:36

Your friend sounds like a lunatic

BiteSizedLife · 01/05/2026 17:36

Going against the grain here but it could be a bit sleazy... it depends who says it if you know what I mean.

Why meat? Why not big piece of food?

Plumbers and Physiotherapists have definitely said "innocent" things to me before that were sleazy from them but would have been totally innocent if anyone else said them

Blimms · 01/05/2026 17:35

JaneJeffer · 01/05/2026 17:34

Like this?

Don’t encourage it.

Lomonald · 01/05/2026 17:35

Your friend is an absolute creep and immature, why would a consultant be so crass, they were trying to instruct you on how hard to swallow

Also I can't even with the other "complaints"

JaneJeffer · 01/05/2026 17:34

Like this?

innuendo eating GIF
dalmationtux · 01/05/2026 17:33

It’s so weird, just when you think the internet has little left to give.

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