Apparently I have been blurting out whatever is on my mind just a bit too much during the Surgery rotation these past two months. Here is the latest example:
"Your anus is too tight."
Try saying THAT to your Urology chief resident.
Alright, here is the context. I was nagging the chief to order a rectal laxative suppository for a patient who had a prostatectomy. Chief started discussing with the team about how suppository insertion in such patients needs to be gentle and thus has to be done by the urologists instead of the nurses. Chief formed a fist and told me to insert a chocolate and peanut M&M into the side of his fist as practice, which resulted in me uttering the above line. Then...
4th year resident: [doubled over] That's the best line ever!
classmate: [collapses from standing to squatting position and slaps her thigh in laughter]
2nd year resident: [literally shakes his head, albeit with a smile on his face]
Unfortunately, I was too distracted by everyone else's reaction to catch the Chief's facial expression in time. Once again, whoops.
