Doing the job that I do, you have to have a pretty strong stomach at times, It is quite ironic really, as I have always been pretty squeamish! I even have to look away in horror and action movies when there is too much blood and gore, regardless of the fact that of course, it is not real.
Mr Grump is totally the opposite, He loves it. He enjoys a good ‘fly on the wall’ hospital documentary where someone is having half their head drilled, or sawn off before a surgeon delves in and started poking about, pulling things around, or talking bits out. He is thrilled to see broken bones sticking out of skin, and blood pouring out massive wounds, he nudges me to draw my attention to it, but I don’t want to know.
However, when I am at work I can deal with blood, pus,puke, poo, festering wounds and horrible scars. As much as they can be pretty unpleasant at the time, I deal with it, then cringe about it later!
I might have mentioned before that I do not like feet! We have this poor old lady in that had probably not had her toenails cut for well over 10 years. They are so bad that the big toenail is all curled over and ridged, All the other nails are long too and dig into the adjacent toes although the patient says they do not hurt her.
Anyway, yesterday I was helping another member of staff to wash her, and as the patient turned over, she let out a squeal and complained that her toe hurt. Sure enough it was bleeding slightly, We got some dressings quickly and dressed the toe. The huge nail had completely come off in one piece.
Once we had finished I looked in the sheet. There was this huge chunk of nail, almost like an empty snail shell…except that it had a bit of skin still attached to it!…I felt a little queasy!
What makes you squeamish?
what makes me squeamish…that picture did me right in!
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Ha Ha! OOh how I wish you could have seen the real thing. so much worse!
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OMG, this was like a horror story for me, Edwina.
Toenails are the one part of the human body I do not like…at any cost. In fact I wrote a post about them not so long ago.
Eeeerk! This has scared me this morning. I’m shuddering at the thought of that toe nail.
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Ha Ha! I didn’t like it very much either Hugh! Especially as the actual toenails were so much worse than this picture! YUCK!
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ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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I thought people would enjoy those! 🙂
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When I saw the photo I had to read the story, my first thought was that poor woman! That must be somewhat painful.
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Hers were much worse. She kept telling us that they did not hurt,. Obviously she has been referred to a podiatrist as they need to be sorted out!
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OMG.
Ick.
I could never be a nurse, so I sure do value medical staff!
Eyeball surgery has got to take the cake on squeamish. Oh mercy. I cannot handle looking at that.
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I think eyeball surgery would probably make me keep over as well! Mind you, this poor woman’s feet and toe nails were 20 times worse than that pic!
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Yuck!! I hate feet!! I believe I would have lost my lunch…
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You would. The actual toe nails I saw were a damn sight worse than these as well!
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very interesting – this leads to beauty and healthy feet!!
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🙂
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I.hate.feet. That picture makes me feel justified.
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Yes it is not pretty! 🙂
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At the moment, this post has top billing for what makes me squeamish! 😉
You’re a better woman than I am!
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Ha Ha! I have to say, I got out of that room as soon as I could after seeing that toenail so that I could get some air! 🙂
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Ewww. That’s disgusting! I’m very sensitive to foul smells. I can deal with smelly farts but the smell of vomit or the sounds associated with vomiting or even hearing someone else gag can trigger some dry heaving for me for sure.
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I am a lot better with vomit than I used to be! Like you, I would start heaving if I saw someone vomit or if I smelled it!
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Like you. I pretty much have to deal with every bodily fluid on a daily basis so am not too squeamish! However, children and snot rockets… enough said! X
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Yes, that is pretty horrid! 🙂
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Lol! Reading that made me squeamish!!!
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Ha Ha!
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😁
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What makes you squeamish she asks……eh your fecking post! lol
My Mum’s feet are bad, I need to soak them and do something with them, we’re at week three of negotiations, one of these days she’ll let me and then I’ll cry my lamps out, I’m afeard of the big toenails lol
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Ha HA! I toed that post down especially for those who are even more squeamish than me! You are going to have to ‘man up’ if you are going to tackle those toenails! 🙂
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……….heaven help me! I’ll have to suit and glove up first ffs 😦
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Of course. Now will you be needing some sort of power tool that grinds or sands down, or something? Oh, don’t forget to put a mask on, you do not want to inhale toe nail clipping dust. Could be nasty! 🙂
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Well I was about to have a snack and read your post and now I’m not hungry anymore! Eeww, I’m not usually squeamish but……..eeww.
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Ha Ha! I bet you are really grateful to me now as I have saved you a few calories! 🙂
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I have seen many injuries, and some surgeries, so nothing in that line bothers me. But, for some reason I cannot watch a needle penetrate the skin. Once it is in, no problem.
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That doesn’t bother me, unless of course it is going into my skin! 🙂
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That photo makes me squeamish, in fact, anything to do with feet or someone else’s shit or their wind for that matter 🙂
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Ha Ha! Some of it you kind of get used to in a weird kind of way! 🙂
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