[basil]

OMG!

When I was a young and very naive nurse, working in the emergency room of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, we had a young man come in one night, who's main complaint was that he had "a cucumber in his rectum".

Good grief! I had no idea who to give him to--whether he belonged to the medical or surgical dept--and I certainly had no idea of how/why the cucumber got to where it was!

Anyway, the sad part of the story is that this young man did indeed end up in surgery, and had to have a permanent colostomy.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Good grief! I had no idea who to give him to--whether he belonged to the medical or surgical dept

Did the hospital have a commissary...? ;)

[Joe 6-pack]

"Good grief! I had no idea who to give him to--whether he belonged to the medical or surgical dept--"

Did you consider the vegetable aisle?

[NonValueAdded]

I had no idea who to give him to--whether he belonged to the medical or surgical dept

psych would be my first choice

[warsaw44]

A friend’s mother worked in an ER as a nurse. Over dinner one night she told the story about a man who was brought into the ER bleeding profusely from his rectum. The story involved a horse. The man ended up dying.

[Myrddin]

My sister has served a few shifts in the ER at her hospital (her normal assignment is OB). The hospital is the closest facility to the "gay" part of town. The cucumber story is a fairly common problem.