I was on my morning rounds when coming to an elderly lady all tucked up under the duvet (comforter). I presented myself and asked to collect her blood.
This was a few years ago, so I don’t remember what came first – the moist hand (could be from just being warm under the duvet …) or the conversation, but she told me in an excusing voice that “I get so horny in the mornings. I don’t know what to do!”
I still cringe when thinking of it.
I suggested the patient talk to the hospital priest or a psychologist in lack of better suggestions. What on earth do you say to something like that?
I went straight to the sink to wash my hands thouroughly afterwards.
Submitted by:
Nina M. Schjelderup
Medical Technologist/Scientist
Norway
