Pretend you're swallowing a big piece of meat.

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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.

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

The vegan bit, had me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hopefully he didn’t say that as well

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.

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.

No… I have never considered what you posted fun.

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

Fair enough

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.

Were you not sedated for this tube swallowing event? There is no way I could have a gastroscopy unless I was knocked out with those lovely drugs.

That is the issue here, not the consultant's instructions. OMG I feel like I'm choking thinking about it. I've had four endoscopies and no way would I do them while awake. No No No.

And what did your "friend" say when you responded "Don't be so fucking stupid"?

But do complain, because putting a doctor through a groundless-but-must-be-investigated procedure is just what the NHS needs.

Seconding the FFS,
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Surely he meant like a nice big ole bit of steak.

He wasn’t asking you to imagine deepthroating him 🤣🤣🤣

Ridiculous. I haven't eaten meat in 40 years and don't find the comment bothersome. If they had said imagine it's a big cock it would have made my day laughing tbh.

Think I’d have pissed myself laughing at that comment.

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It I don’t actually swallow a penis during a BJ. So I’m assuming he meant what he described.

The fact that his mind went straight there says far more about him than the consultant!

The doctor must not have had any anatomy training if you think he was referring to a male appendage. I never knew I could possible cook a penis and pretend it was a piece of meat. Every day's a schoolday. A penis is not meat - it comprises...

specialized, sponge-like vascular erectile tissue (corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum), smooth muscle, fibrous connective tissue, blood vessels, nerves, and skin. It does not contain bone or significant muscle mass, but rather relies on blood filling these spongy chambers to achieve rigidity. 😊

You’ve put me right off tonight’s penis offerings 🥲😅😅

Your friend is ridiculous. It is common to say that as what else are they meant to compare it to?

As a vegan, I can safely say this would not offend me at all. Madness.

You can't what?

What other "complaints"?

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Ridiculous.

Pretend you are swallowing a big pink oboe