Allright, so here I am, an MSII, sitting with a group of other wide-eyed I's and II's, listening to the horror stories from an MSIV's surgery rotations (he's going into ortho). I was pretty into it until one of the froshies asked the ages-old question "How do you go for so long without going to the bathroom?"

He gave some of the typical answers, then said "and sometimes, they just let it go, and change their scrubs later. I mean, hey, they're just hospital clothes, and you can take a shower right afterward." Ummm, right. So I says to him, I says, "You're full of it, right?"

He just kept going, with a perfectly straight face, and continued telling his stories. Somebody please tell me he was full of it. I start rotations in July.

Originally posted by Toadkiller Dog
Allright, so here I am, an MSII, sitting with a group of other wide-eyed I's and II's, listening to the horror stories from an MSIV's surgery rotations (he's going into ortho). I was pretty into it until one of the froshies asked the ages-old question "How do you go for so long without going to the bathroom?"

He gave some of the typical answers, then said "and sometimes, they just let it go, and change their scrubs later. I mean, hey, they're just hospital clothes, and you can take a shower right afterward." Ummm, right. So I says to him, I says, "You're full of it, right?"

He just kept going, with a perfectly straight face, and continued telling his stories. Somebody please tell me he was full of it. I start rotations in July.

Drain your trouser snake before you go in on a case. And don't be so gullible.

mike

Originally posted by mikecwru
Drain your trouser snake before you go in on a case. And don't be so gullible.
Good advice there.

For myself, I never have a problem with needing to urinate during long cases - rather the opposite is true. I get extremely dehydrated from the long hours of standing and straining over the table with nothing to drink. Often I'll get out of a case that started at 7am, now it's sometime in the afternoon, the case is over and I head off to the bathroom, but only have a trickle of urine in my bladder. The next day I usually have a horrific headache.

two words: Texas Condom

Ok I give up. Whats a Texas Condom

Originally posted by Docgeorge
Ok I give up. Whats a Texas Condom

Condom catheter.

Originally posted by Toadkiller Dog
He gave some of the typical answers, then said "and sometimes, they just let it go, and change their scrubs later. I mean, hey, they're just hospital clothes, and you can take a shower right afterward." Ummm, right. So I says to him, I says, "You're full of it, right?"

All my friends bust on me because they think I'm a lunatic basically. They asked me what I would do if I had to pee really bad and was in a case, and I just said I'd piss on myself. I guess all surgeons think alike.

I had really bad gas and ripped a huge fart during a neuro case...the surgeon just started laughing and told me to stay away from the bovie:laugh: third year was fun

Farting is okay. An Argentinian surgeon told me they call it "the breath of god" in his country. Puts a nice spin on things, and you know the more you try to hold it in, the louder it will be when it finally comes out!

Reminds me of that "Scrubs" when they're in the OR, and the senior says, "Who nicked the bowel? Who hit the bowel?", and Todd finally fesses up that he had the chili for lunch.

I can't believe these questions still persist. I mean: come on. Do you routinely pee all over yourself when you sleep for 8-10 hours through the night?

Seriously...

Originally posted by Toadkiller Dog
Allright, so here I am, an MSII, sitting with a group of other wide-eyed I's and II's, listening to the horror stories from an MSIV's surgery rotations (he's going into ortho). I was pretty into it until one of the froshies asked the ages-old question "How do you go for so long without going to the bathroom?"

He gave some of the typical answers, then said "and sometimes, they just let it go, and change their scrubs later. I mean, hey, they're just hospital clothes, and you can take a shower right afterward." Ummm, right. So I says to him, I says, "You're full of it, right?"

He just kept going, with a perfectly straight face, and continued telling his stories. Somebody please tell me he was full of it. I start rotations in July.

lol i can just see some poor third year med student peeing on himself during a case because he thinks that's the normal thing to do after reading this thread. please dont be that student.

honestly, no normal adult human being urinates on himself when he can easily scrub out, goto the bathroom and scrub back in. takes less than 10 minutes if you really have to go that bad. usually you're so involved in the case that you just dont have to go.

C'mon, surgeons don't pee on ourselves, we crap on other people...

Originally posted by JPNSU
I had really bad gas and ripped a huge fart during a neuro case...the surgeon just started laughing and told me to stay away from the bovie:laugh: third year was fun

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ROFLMFAO:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: