Yeah, but that's because I didn't know that the vibrator was there when I took the x-ray. It wasn't until I developed the image that I realized why the patient had come in to the hospital.
However, I didn't manage to keep a straight face when I got back to the radiology department and told my coworkers. That proceeded to spark a discussion of cases they had seen where people got objects stuck where the sun don't shine.
I once had a class that had us taking a trip to the King County Coroner's office and there was a whole slide show of "weird objects" that were found in people's body. Sooooo weird.
It really is amazing what people will stick into themselves.
One of my coworkers told us about a woman who had come to see her doctor because she said she had a tree growing out of her. (Which, naturally, resulted in a lot of O_o??? from the staff.)
It turns out that she had gotten a potato stuck in her vagina, and it had been up there long enough that it had started to sprout.
I remember on the news lately, talk about a woman who showed up at ER with a bottle of hairspray up there. A big one, apparently. She never explained how it ended up there, it said.
From what I've seen, people who get sex toys (vibrators, dildos, etc.) tend to be more honest (or at least not outright lie) about how said object ended up in their rectum. The people who use other things (bottles, jars, screwdrivers, action figures, cucumbers, etc.) are more likely to make up some story about how they must have sat on said object by accident.
well, y'know, if you want to be ACCURATE you're only supposed to use flanged toys with the backdoor, for exactly that reason. XD Online toy sites like goodvibrations.com and blowfish.com even have this great little icon that lets you know if a toy is "anal-safe" or you're likely to wind up in the ER, and subsequently some doctor's blog.
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Date: 2009-01-31 08:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 09:06 pm (UTC)However, I didn't manage to keep a straight face when I got back to the radiology department and told my coworkers. That proceeded to spark a discussion of cases they had seen where people got objects stuck where the sun don't shine.
It made for a rather entertaining day.
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Date: 2009-01-31 09:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-02 09:20 am (UTC)One of my coworkers told us about a woman who had come to see her doctor because she said she had a tree growing out of her. (Which, naturally, resulted in a lot of O_o??? from the staff.)
It turns out that she had gotten a potato stuck in her vagina, and it had been up there long enough that it had started to sprout.
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Date: 2009-02-03 05:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-31 09:52 am (UTC)... Pun not intended.
I remember on the news lately, talk about a woman who showed up at ER with a bottle of hairspray up there. A big one, apparently. She never explained how it ended up there, it said.
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Date: 2009-01-31 09:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-01 01:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-01 01:09 am (UTC)I feel it an appropriate time for a quote.
"If it sounds like the beginning of an ER doctor's party story, don't do it."
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Date: 2009-02-02 09:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-02 11:06 am (UTC)