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Mikey - I don't think I know anyone who'd be upset if someone they were visiting in hospital or home or in between suddenly needed to attend to a normal bodily function - I'd have most likely told em upfront they'd given me an enema not long ago so not to be surprised if I suddenly needed to 'go'. There again I am usually found to be very direct at how I describe things!
 
trophywench said:
Mikey - I don't think I know anyone who'd be upset if someone they were visiting in hospital or home or in between suddenly needed to attend to a normal bodily function - I'd have most likely told em upfront they'd given me an enema not long ago so not to be surprised if I suddenly needed to 'go'. There again I am usually found to be very direct at how I describe things!
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The thing is that if people have travelled some distance and visiting is a limited time slot and people are paying a small fortune for parking and a significant part of that visit is wasted because I doubt it it a 5 min task (I typed "job" and then thought better of it 🙄 ) with Mikey having such limited mobility at the moment, and it could have been avoided with a little better planning, then that would have been a lot better all round.
 
trophywench said:
Mikey - I don't think I know anyone who'd be upset if someone they were visiting in hospital or home or in between suddenly needed to attend to a normal bodily function - I'd have most likely told em upfront they'd given me an enema not long ago so not to be surprised if I suddenly needed to 'go'. There again I am usually found to be very direct at how I describe things!
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After I had my hysterectomy a friend came to see me in hospital, we were having a nice chat when the nurse decided to come and empty my catheter bag! Trying to chat casually with my friend while studiously ignoring the sound of my wee gushing into the collection jug! :rofl:
 
@Lisa65 - are you still friends?

My boss and his girlfriend (the accountant where we both worked) came to see me after my hysterectomy, not 24hrs after I had my catheter removed. I needed to wee and the bathroom was only about 5 steps away (good ole BUPA) but they'd located my drip stand to the side of the bed on the same side as the visitor's chairs so I could neither get out of bed, nor access the drip stand to wheel it with me, unless they moved. So I said I'm sorry, I'm afraid I need to get to the bathroom. Pauline got up and moved pdq but Jim just sat there totally nonplussed as to what on earth was occurring. Pauline then explained to him why he needed to shift himself - and a great deal more patiently and politely than I would !!

Changing the subject somewhat, but not - we were on a rally with any number of friends the other week, and I decided to try a bottle of cloudy cider. Carried from bar to table by husband after I'd sat next door to a couple we like, she used to be a Ward Sister at the QE hospital in Birmingham - and she looked at it and said in her 'Nurse's Voice' - I don't think I like the look of that, Jenny! I giggled and said Nor me, Nurse - better dip that - but I'd say protein, meself, anyway!

And then each having to explain to our husbands why we'd said this and was funny. Just so daft, when you're all about to eat a nice meal, in a campsite club house, cooked (and would be washed up etc) by someone else!
 
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