Get the clove out before it sprouts! I read on a nursing board about a woman who used a potato as a pessary and forgot about it, and the roots were so entwined in her uterus, she needed an emergency hysterectomy.
One Sunday, I got a call from a man who asked to speak to the pharmacist. I replied, "That's me", and he sort of grumbled, "Oh, okay." He obviously wanted a man, but I would have to do. He was having difficulty expressing his problem, but I figured out that he was uncircumcised and had some kind of rash under his foreskin, and he wanted to know what OTC product he could use. I told him that he needed to see a doctor for this, and the next morning, a man came in with a prescription for two tubes (both small, BTW
) of cream or ointment, and I just knew it was him.
Another time, a young woman came from the ER with a prescription for Phenergan suppositories; she was newly pregnant and having a rough time of it. Anyway, she hands me the script and says, "The doctor says I have to stick these things up my butt."
She must have been feeling better, and I said, "Yes, these are designed for rectal use."
Many years ago, there were ads for a product called Hemorid, "Specially formulated for today's woman" because it was in a pink box. An elderly man, a big hulking retired farmer, asked me about it, and then said, "They ain't gonna look at the box!" and bought it.
