Health: Today, I attended my first surgery as part of my program at med...

By A troubled ex med school student - 06/02/2013 03:08 - United States - Dublin

Today, I attended my first surgery as part of my program at med school. I found out that when I see someone's intestines, I vomit. Even if I'm still wearing a surgical mask. There goes the thousands of dollars I spent on college. FML

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By Carrie - 11/01/2009 03:52 - France

Today, I'm a medicine student, it's my sixth year, and I have spent the whole day in surgery. No one dared tell me that what I was wearing on my feet was actually supposed to be put over my hair. Which was embarrassing. FML

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Hard pass

By Mew - 04/06/2009 12:07 - United States

Today, while working at the hospital, I had a patient with a blocked bowel. It was so bad, feces were entering into her stomach. While leaning down to talk with her, she threw up. I was both vomited and defecated on at the same time. FML

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Stiff upper lip

By StomachofTinfoil - 24/11/2014 01:59 - United States - Bar Harbor

Today, I was elected to learn how to clean the birthing tub at the hospital I work at. Today, I also discovered that while blood doesn't bother me, floating chunks of afterbirth and god knows what else, will cause me to projectile vomit into said tub. Which I still had to clean afterwards. FML

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Ight imma head out

By Anonymous - 10/10/2024 13:00 - United States

Today, I was nervously observing a delicate medical procedure while training at my new job. I tried to stifle a sneeze and instead (as you can probably guess) ripped the biggest, most cartoonishly loud fart of my life. My ass sounded like a tuba and I was asked to leave the room. FML

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Take it easy

By Anonymous - 19/03/2025 04:00 - United States - Enfield

Today, I found out that college stressed me out so much that my stomach acid now eats holes in my stomach wall. I went from, “Oh, I have a tummy ache” to “You can’t eat or drink for 24 hours because we gotta do surgery on a perforated ulcer.” FML

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By Ali - 17/04/2019 02:00

Today, after drinking a half gallon of liquid laxative in preparation for a colonoscopy, I puked the half gallon of laxative. Out my nose. FML

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Barfed out

By superbubbles - 23/03/2021 21:30 - Canada

Today, I threw up in bio when we dissected cow hearts. Guess that rules out my childhood passion as a possible career. FML

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By anonymous - 16/02/2010 01:25 - United States

Today, I was really excited to be observing my first autopsy for my forensics class. Apparently so was the guy behind me. He barfed up ramen noodles all over my hair and back. I couldn't leave the room to clean up. For two hours. FML

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Take deep breath…

By paininthe*ss - 13/02/2023 00:00

Today, because of my life situation, I was told I'll have to have a colonoscopy without anesthesia. FML

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Feral

By Rosie - 16/10/2018 12:00

Today, I discovered that you can vomit hard enough to break a rib and tear a ligament. Why was I barfing so violently? The stray cat I'm feeding has given me worms. I found one during "down there cleanup" time. I got laughed at by EMS, nurses, doctors, and my family. FML

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Angel1000168 16

Wednesday 6 February 2013 9:02

I have a fear of that happening when I train to be a vet. I can't stand blood but apparently I'll get used of it...

EsotericBrent 29

Wednesday 6 February 2013 9:06

You could always try different medical fields if you have trouble operating on people. I could never do it, that's for sure, so good job on the effort

Comments

Raykyogrou03 12

Thursday 7 February 2013 18:58

Me? I can't stand the smell of burning..flesh. Just gross and the surgical mask doesn't fully protect against it.

SamTheo 4

Friday 8 February 2013 4:21

Do you think it's worth it after medical school?

softlikesunset 15

Friday 8 February 2013 17:33

You'll get used to it. It's only your first surgery. After a few more times, it won't seem as bad.

sonnyrosa 32

Saturday 9 February 2013 20:56

Hopefully, you get used to it so all your hard work won't have been in vain. I can't imagine my stomach would be too calm if I saw another person's innards for the first time.

deemarie13 14

Sunday 10 February 2013 4:35

U would think u would figure out u had a weak stomach before this point.

anonymous1321 1

Thursday 30 May 2013 20:25

in case you care, my fourth grade teacher told us that her son, who is now a surgeon, fainted at his first cadaver. I'm sure you decided what to do before this point but just FYI

doglover100 28

Thursday 6 March 2014 22:42

You'll get used to it.

nrlagross 5

Tuesday 8 July 2014 5:37

If OP was watching a surgery during med school they had no option but to do so. It's part of the curriculum. It doesn't mean he/she wants to be a surgeon specifically.

bleedingglitter 24

Saturday 16 May 2015 13:40

It'll get better. The sight and smell of it are something you adjust to. Contaminating the OR probably got you into some trouble but you can bounce back. Just become and OB or something.