you're going to put that catheter WHERE?

[Guest guest]

Hey hippy kids...

Boys and girls (do girls get catheterized after surgery, too?): My

first (and so far only) experience with a catheter of this type was

after surgery to remove kidney stones a few years back. They had to

go in the old-fashioned way. I was out cold when they put the

catheter in; wide awake when they took it out. As I recall, it

wasn't much to think about while it was in. Let's just say the

female nurse/drill sergeant who took it out had the forearms of a

stevedore, and the same subtle, gentle, tender touch. I had the

surgery on a Sunday morning; she removed the catheter late Monday

morning (it probably should have stayed a bit longer). But the end

of the tale is that...while it was unpleasant, the removal was not as

bad as thinking about it.

Which is, in many ways, quite the reverse of what's been going on

with the hip.

Hobble on Hippies..

Alan