Ever embarrassed yourself at hospital?

[QueenPaws]

Come and share while I recover with my Costa coffee
So I go for an ultrasound today, water drunk, mask and sanitiser. There's no traffic so I'm feeling all smug
Get in there and undo my jeans waistband to reveal I am wearing these
Me "oh ffs"
Staff howling

Coming around from a serious operation, high from presumably morphine I screamed “you’re the maaaannnn!!!” to the surgeon who operated one me, stood at the foot of my bed observing me along with other surgeons. He grinned and quickly caught himself, returning to his poker face expression.

@FireUnderpants

When I had DC 1 they were still doing Sunday tours of the maternity unit, it's now changed to an online video. They had to cut short the showing of a delivery room as my screams echoing down the corridor were distressing a few of the women. I screamed so loud I had a sore throat for days after.

When I was in postnatal with dd2 I had swallowed a lot of gas and air the night before had ridiculous wind. At one point I was napping, woke myself up a horrendously loud one. It was so loud it was heard across the ward. The lady in the bed opposite asked her partner if it was him is disgust. They then concluded it was their newborn in the cot at the foot of her bed. They even told the midwife about the giant fart the tiny thing had made. I kept quiet.

@AzraiL 🤣🤣🤣

I had to have gynae surgery in my old theatre....where I had been the sister 18 yrs before. I knew all the staff....and I had a spinal so I was awake. Scrub nurse was a woman I had mentored all those years ago.
Spinal started to wear off so had gas and air for final few minutes....took a few toots, turned to anaesthetist and said to him 'fucking hell mike this is good shit'.....he replied 'only the best for you sister Cloud'....

I then had to sit in recovery with a bear hugger on ( I got cold) whilst staff paraded past me to give me some love and smiles....I felt like the queen.

Later that day I passed out with the pain in the toilets and woke up covered in my own piss, shit and vomit....the shame

Root canal surgery under sedation, in a perfectly ordinary dental surgery - wet my pants. No idea why. Wasn’t even sure it was me - I was suddenly aware that I was sitting in warm wee. Apart from the shame, it was momentarily pleasant.

@AzraiL

Had an attractive doctor see me in ED to check me out, he scooted in really close. I, trying to diffuse the tension with humour, cracked a joke that I subsequently laughed at (alone) then realised I had run out of air during my guffaws and panicked. I tried to take in some air quickly and ended up snorting in the doctors face.

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I had my first ultrasound when I was 12 and I accidentally lost control of my bladder on the table. Was too embarrassed to say anything so just got up and left the room in tears - she came and found me and gave me a hug and said it happens all the time.

Also, I am the politest person in the world - I am always very polite to medical professions especially. I had to have an emergency caesarean for my twins and it was very stressful as one was very ill. I have a terrible needle phobia, and lifelong terror about epidurals and spinals. I was quite hysterical before they even started but was apologetic. First go went in wrong, hit a nerve and it literally felt like my leg was being ripped off. I was crying at the locals, which aren’t even supposed to hurt according to some. It took seven goes and a second anaesthetist to eventually get it in and several of them were like that first one. They were prepping me for a GA when they finally got it in.

DH was in a side room getting ready and said that by the last couple of attempts I was screaming fuck off repeatedly, swiftly followed by I’m so sorry. I barley even remember it but I was like a cornered animal, I have never experienced anything like it.

I was so incredibly embarrassed and felt absolutely awful for swearing and shouting at them - it’s so far out of character for me. Can’t imagine what they must have thought. I wished I knew their names so I could send a card to say sorry!

I had HG when I was pregnant and was hospitalised a few times. One time they were having trouble getting a vein to get fluids into me as I was so dehydrated.

The doctor who did it tried my hand and hit a nerve. I shouted "you fucker" and vomited in her lap! I was mortified but she was very nice about it.

I also remember the doctors around a bed of a teenage patient.

The Doctor said when did you last menstruate?

The patient said oh I don't with a shocked looked on her face !!

The patient explained later that she thought he said masterbate.

Whilst I was the visitor of someone having an operation, someone else having the same procedure was wheeled back into the ward. The nurse asked him if he was OK- at which point he asked if he could have the operation again, with his dog doing it, as his dog had very little paws. Much sniggering amongst the nurses who still managed to stay very professional

I once went to an ante-natal class at the hospital and went to the loo and when I came back into the room full of other expectant mums someone pointed out I was trailing loo roll behind me. Worse still, the woman who pointed it out was someone I used to babysit !!

I'm really nervous about anything medical, so went to the loo about 5 times before my appointment. First thing the doctor asked was to do a pregnancy test... Was sat in the loo for what seemed ages before going back with 3 drips in the pot to confess I really don't need to pee right now.

One of my newborn twins had to have some checks repeated the day after we were discharged. DH and I arrived, took baby in, waited to be seen, had checks done (took about 15 minutes), walked downstairs and into the car park...and realised we had given them the wrong bloody twin!
We had to go back and admit our mistake - that we had got our own children confused.
They're not even identical (although in our defense they were very similar at that time and we were vey, very tired!)

Had it have a steroid injection getting prepped for an emcs at 35 weeks.
Stared right at the poor nurse as I bellowed That Fucking Hurt.. Poor woman!!. Bet she was glad there wasn't time for me to have another one!!

I remembered another good one. In a fit of saintliness I'd volunteered to visit someone's elderly mum, who was in hospital and needed help eating at meal times. I made cheerful small talk, carefully cut up her food, lifted a bit to her mouth... and fainted. I came round on the floor, surrounded by HCPs and with the elderly patients in the bay all staring at me. Apparently it was the best entertainment they'd had all day! To this day, I still have no idea why I fainted. I was at fit and healthy young woman so maybe feeding pensioners just isn't for me.

@builditinlego

One of my newborn twins had to have some checks repeated the day after we were discharged. DH and I arrived, took baby in, waited to be seen, had checks done (took about 15 minutes), walked downstairs and into the car park...and realised we had given them the wrong bloody twin! We had to go back and admit our mistake - that we had got our own children confused. They're not even identical (although in our defense they were very similar at that time and we were vey, very tired!)

Oh my goodness .

I tend to embarrass them!I was given a bit of blue roll type stuff to put over my crotch while I had a gyno appointment. I said to the (very proper, well spoken but equally camp-as-christmas gynochologist;

'Why do you do that? You're going to be rooting around in there in a minute!'

He threw his head to the ceiling, head in hands 'UGH!ROOTING AROUND!'

Well he was!