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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today, I threw up in bio when we dissected cow hearts. Guess that rules out my childhood passion as a possible career. FML
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
Today, because of my life situation, I was told I'll have to have a colonoscopy without anesthesia. FML
Today, I'm in the hospital getting prepped for a colonoscopy. Accidents happen, but the worst was right after the janitor finished cleaning the aftermath of the LAST accident. FML
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Top comments
Angel1000168 16
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
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
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Comments (122)
Raykyogrou03 12
Me? I can't stand the smell of burning..flesh. Just gross and the surgical mask doesn't fully protect against it.
SamTheo 4
Do you think it's worth it after medical school?
softlikesunset 15
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
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
U would think u would figure out u had a weak stomach before this point.
anonymous1321 1
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 29
You'll get used to it.
nrlagross 5
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
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.
fantasyworld 39
You'll get used to it.