How sqeamish are you?

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  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Oh gosh. My daughter lost her tooth Saturday. And all night friday she's flipping the thing around and showing me how it's bleeding.
    Ugh it was so gross!!!

    That one gets to me! Otherwise nothing much grosses me out at all. I kind of like some gross stuff actually... Lol
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I generally have a cast iron stomach. I've been a vet tech, and have assisted in surgeries, necropsies and even a decapitation. Blood, pee, poop, parasites, tumors, cysts, infections... I'm fine. I've had lunch at an exam table with a pyometra cat uterus (infected, full of pus) in a bowl next to me.

    But thick gooey strings of dog drool completely set off my gag reflex.
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    I hate mucus. My dad was in a car accident years ago and have to have the respiratory therapist come in a suction his trach tube and omg it was the grossest thing I ever saw or heard. Kudos to respiratory therapists because that's one job that I could never do!
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    I generally have a cast iron stomach. I've been a vet tech, and have assisted in surgeries, necropsies and even a decapitation. Blood, pee, poop, parasites, tumors, cysts, infections... I'm fine. I've had lunch at an exam table with a pyometra cat uterus (infected, full of pus) in a bowl next to me.

    But thick gooey strings of dog drool completely set off my gag reflex.

    I have also been a vet tech and can deal with all of that. Just don't give me any human snot or I'll lose my lunch! LOL!
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    having kids kinda cures you of some of that... tho I think I am going soft again...

    I'll never forget being 8 months preggo when my 2 year old woke up sick. She threw up pizza and it was in her hair, and all she wanted was to be held by mommy. The smell of pizza vomit 2 inches from my oversensitive preggo nose had me heaving. I kept it down, but I can STILL smell that smell 5 years later!
  • chubbygirl253
    chubbygirl253 Posts: 1,309 Member
    I'm not squeamish when it comes to medical stuff at all. I could watch surgery in progress and simultaneously eat a sandwich. But other than that, on a scale of 1-10 my squeamish level is about a 20. It's ridiculous. Snot grosses me out so bad I sometimes gag just from blowing my nose. I can't eat or drink anything when I first wake up and usually just brushing my teeth will make me barf if I do it too soon after waking up. I can't eat meat off a bone, and the sight of fat or gristle makes me ill. I can't even watch someone else eat meat off a bone, like ribs, without feeling sick. Any meat on my plate has to be boneless, skinless, and extremely lean. And I'm a Buddy Barfer. If you barf, I'll barf too.
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