# I pit urethra stuffers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 4, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237 "2009-11-04T01:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/181 "2009-11-07T22:53:12Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > The later procedure was an effective measure to solve the prostate swelling without having to resort to the “roto-rooter” surgery. More than five years later, I’m doing fine. Congrats, my friend! 🙂 Prostate Cancer is something I worry about as well, and I do make frequent trips to the BR during the night, but a year ago, I had an “anal probe” (ETA: colonoscopy), (forgot what you call that procedure) and everything was fine then. They also went down my esophagus (I hope they did that first!:eek:) and found some lesions in there, because I had apparently been taking too much Aleve for the arthritis. (Sorry for the minor hijack **QtM**!:)) Q ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/182 "2009-11-08T01:40:30Z")
I had a catheter shoved up there twice last year, after both of my shoulder surgeries. Thankfully I was unconscious when they put it in, but Man! was that ever distasteful when they pulled it out! :eek" ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/183 "2009-11-08T03:01:47Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > It’s one of those procedures where the cure is better than the problem…but only slightly. I don’t enjoy having a urinary catheter inserted in me, but when I need one, I’m usually glad of the relief. > > OK, I WAS gonna go into some medical detail, but I figured that I’d just spare everyone. There’s quite enough cringing in this thread already. NO, the cure is not anywhere near the curse of the proceedure - when i was 4 I suffered through several months of twice a month sounding to stretch a narrowed urethra [they had to operate and finish it off surgically as sounding did not work.] Ever seen a 4 year old crying and trying not to pee as long as humanly possible because of the burning pain caused for no reason she can think of, and beg for it to never happen again, she will be good honest… :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: I do not care, there are some procedures that should NEVER be done to children. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/184 "2009-11-08T04:48:32Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > :eek: > > Well…it does sound like a practice that is its own punishment. I always thought we couldn’t agree on anything, but finally, urethra stuffers to the rescue. The Dope IS a great place. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/185 "2009-11-08T04:59:52Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I do not care, there are some procedures that should NEVER be done to children. Hip replacement? Tubal ligation? Tongue splitting? No, really—I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/186 "2009-11-08T05:26:46Z")
Assuming your tongue is not stuck firmly in your cheek (the cheek next to your teeth), I am diagnosing you with burnout, fellow physician. The first time–perhaps the first handful of times–these sorts of things came your way you delighted in the stupidity of your fellow man and secretly applauded him for providing fodder when you needed to regale the polloi with neat stories. Now you are pitting him. Pitting the wretches and the refuse who once brightened your day but now drag it down. The fact that this thread has run to four pages is proof that the polloi still consider what we do fun and interesting as hell. Come join me on the not-so-dark side outside of medicine and we’ll write up our “Interesting Penile Injuries” book together. I’ve got a bunch and they still work good at parties. As you are well aware. I’ll start us off now: “OK, this guy comes in who had basically nearly barbecued his penis trying to use his toolbench grinding wheel to get a sex toy off of it…There was this guy who thought “If the vacuum hose is good, the canister must be heaven,” but he didn’t realize the impeller blades were pretty near the hose junction…A psychotic managed to get the tiny razor blade out of a safety razor and perfectly skin his penis…” etc etc I realize you’ve seen and heard 'em all. But they still make the polloi jealous that our day is funner than theirs. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/187 "2009-11-08T05:35:10Z")
:eek: And here I thought [this](http://xkcd.com/596/) XKCD was just a joke. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/188 "2009-11-08T07:43:36Z")
Our **Qadgop** tells stories galore They’re colorful, funny (plus gore!) But penile intrusion? It’s just too confusin’ To contemplate. Squick me no more! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/189 "2009-11-08T08:13:25Z")
So, are psych consults used in cases like this, or are they generally not necessary? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/190 "2009-11-08T08:22:26Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Our **Qadgop** tells stories galore > They’re colorful, funny (plus gore!) > But penile intrusion? > It’s just too confusin’ > To contemplate. Squick me no more! > > :eek: Bored guys in prison Stuff things up their urethras? Eek! _crosses legs, faints_ ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/191 "2009-11-08T08:58:05Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ll start us off now: “OK, this guy comes in who had basically nearly barbecued his penis trying to use his toolbench grinding wheel to get a sex toy off of it…There was this guy who thought “If the vacuum hose is good, the canister must be heaven,” but he didn’t realize the impeller blades were pretty near the hose junction…A psychotic managed to get the tiny razor blade out of a safety razor and perfectly skin his penis…” etc etc _ouch_ crosses legs.One good thing about being a gay woman is that all your equipment is on the inside. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/192 "2009-11-08T11:02:29Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Hip replacement? Tubal ligation? Tongue splitting? No, really—I’m curious. well, I had a spinal tap. Lets jam a needle into a 3 year old kid with no attempt at preventing pain, or giving sedation. Lets pile on with 4 husky orderlies. Lets jam sounds in her urethra twice a month for 5 months. Sewing up a deep laceration on a limb again with no numbing. Hm, the idea of the spinal tap is to not move. You try telling a kid not to move while you are jamming something sharp and pointy into the spine. Sounding, un, it leaves small tears in the tissue. Piss on a cut on your privy bits sometime. Repeatedly until it heals. And NOW you go into any medical facility, you get a shot of lido when you get stitched up. We wont even go into the dentist who decided to drill a tooth without novocaine. He got 4 stitches and a tetanus shot in his hand. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/193 "2009-11-08T11:29:11Z")
I have _never_ understood why there was (and sometimes still is) a reluctance to give pain medication to children when performing painful procedures. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/194 "2009-11-08T11:41:38Z")
AIUI there are two concerns that I would consider legitimate. First: developing physiologies often react differently from adult physiologies, and those differences can be _unpredictably_ different. Which in turn makes finding the correct dose for such patients more difficult. Second: because of the low body mass for such patients, and the relatively narrow range of safe and effective doses for many of the high end painkillers, it can become very easy for a small error in dosing or measuring weight, to lead to catastrophic consequences. So, not all of the concerns about dosing small children with painkillers are made up. That does not equate, however, to agreeing that it’s impossible or inadvisable to dose children. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/195 "2009-11-08T15:43:57Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Our **Qadgop** tells stories galore > They’re colorful, funny (plus gore!) > But penile intrusion? > It’s just too confusin’ > To contemplate. Squick me no more! > > :eek: :D:D:D **HAHAHAHAHA!** :D:D:D My first laff of the day! Thanks, **ETF**! And **QtM**? I think you’ve just been “immortalized”, my friend! Hope he sees this limerick! Q ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/196 "2009-11-08T16:53:40Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > The fact that this thread has run to four pages is proof that the polloi still consider what we do fun and interesting as hell. Come join me on the not-so-dark side outside of medicine and we’ll write up our “Interesting Penile Injuries” book together. I’ve got a bunch and they still work good at parties. Heh. I think my pitting of diabetics who lie about their blood glucose results ran to even more pages. Granted, the title was inflammatory, since I was pitting a diabetic killer who kept telling me his glucose was at least 100 points below its actual reading, but the thread turned into an educational essay about how insulin-requiring diabetics are managed in a maximum security setting. Urethra stuffers do take up an inordinate amount of time and resources, though. And a good pitting lets me vent and avoid burnout. And I must be going to the wrong parties. They’re either full of other doctors, other prison workers, or other recovering alcoholics & addicts. Nothing fazes those kinds of crowds. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/197 "2009-11-08T16:56:55Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Our **Qadgop** tells stories galore > They’re colorful, funny (plus gore!) > But penile intrusion? > It’s just too confusin’ > To contemplate. Squick me no more! > > :eek: To stuff a penis except with a catheter is a conundrum ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/198 "2009-11-08T16:58:05Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > So, are psych consults used in cases like this, or are they generally not necessary? Oh, psych is definitely involved. But you’d be surprised (or maybe not) at how little modern mental health services can do to change the behavior of someone who doesn’t want to change. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/199 "2009-11-08T17:45:14Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And I must be going to the wrong parties. As long as you aren’t going to the urethra stuffer parties . . . ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237/200 "2009-11-08T18:17:20Z")
I just had an image of “medical sound” parties like Tupperware parties or Mary Kay parties… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-urethra-stuffers/516237.md?page=11)