I’m back in Seattle after a vacation packed with a little more incident than I was hoping for. My mother is in town from England for a few weeks and I thought I’d show her the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately she got a little too up close and personal with some of the beauty, after slipping and falling on the beach. Two days, two hospitals and many hours later, she was sporting a cast and couple of metal pins to hold a broken wrist bone in place. Not a great souvenir to bring back from vacation.
I have to say that if you ever want to cure somebody of a medical or nurse fetish, just make them spend time in some real medical establishments. I wasn’t the one being treated, but I did get to kill a lot of time just hanging around different bits of the hospitals. They’re horrible places. Beige and grey throughout, with drab utilitarian furniture, scuffed surfaces and condescending public service posters plastered everywhere. The only gleaming white and visually interesting places – like the ICU or operating theater – are the spots you’ll only experience in really bad situations when sexy fun time is definitely not in your thoughts.
The nurses varied from brusque and surly through to efficient and helpful. But none had me rushing out to fake up a minor injury to get treated. I saw more eye catching women in 10 minutes in downtown Vancouver than I did in 10 hours at nurse central. My favorite was the highly officious one who insisted on getting my agreement on the $600 initial fee before starting treatment. This while mom was moaning in pain and going into shock. I’m not sure what poor foreigners are supposed to do if they injure themselves in Canada. Just moan quietly and try not to bleed too much before they can get home?
Anyway, just because reality sucks, doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the fantasy. Here’s an image from Peter Coulson featuring a nurse and patient depicted as many of us would wish them to be.
Did you mean “poor Foreigners” as in “pauvre” ? IMO someone from the UK who can afford to holiday in foreign parts can surely afford the travel insurance .
In my (extensive) experience the way you are treated by medical staff is directly proportional to how much you can make them smile. I try to keep a (clean) joke up my sleeve for hospital visits.
I meant poor as in lacking in financial resources. Having travel insurance doesn’t really help you much when the hospital demands cash up front before treatment. I ended up shelling out over $1500 for our first visit to the emergency room. I’m lucky enough to be in a situation where that wasn’t an issue. And we’ll eventually be able to claim it back off travel insurance. But there would have been a time in my teens and 20’s when I could have afforded travel insurance but would never have had access to that kind of cash in an emergency. And while Mom had insurance, she couldn’t have found that money herself. Plus, there’s the chance that the insurance will only pay a partial amount, or will try to wiggle out of it all together (which I’m seen happen in the past).
My (not particular extensive) experience has been that the medical staff actually involved in patient care and treatments tend to be helpful and pleasant. The ones on the administrative side tend to the surly and rude. Not a hard rule of course, but it seems to correlate pretty consistently.
-paltego
Hi paltego,
I’m sure you’re aware of my recent medical condition and subsequent surgery. The best part of the experience was the beautiful Nurse Tita speed injecting me with morphine so I could settle down for the night and leave her to hang out with the rest of the night crew. The balance of the experience, though interesting and enlightening, has not been erotic in the least. I don’t think catheter play will feature in any future scenes I may do, unless of course Em wants to really punish me.
Best,
scott
Mrs. Kelly’s Playhouse
Hi scott,
Yes, I’ve been tracking your posts and progress with a great deal of attention and general hope that you’ll recover fully. I’ve never had any major surgery comparable to your experiences, but the minor procedures I’ve had were decidedly unerotic. I like a lot of medical style play when done in the context of a scene, but I’d happily never set foot in a doctors office or hospital ever again. I’m sure you’re not keen to return either.
-paltego
Hi paltego,
Em, being a nurse, enjoys medical scenes with me cast as patient. Fortunately, she’s letting me recover without resorting to revisiting some of her favorite procedures.
Best,
scott
Mrs. Kelly’s Playhouse
Forgive my size elevens.
I agree with you about Insurance Companies . I think its a simple rule of thumb to assume that any insurance covers you for everything except the thing that happens to you .
Nothing to forgive of any shoe size! And yes, insurance companies have a mission to promise to cover everything and pay out for nothing. I’ll be interested to see what happens when my mom submits the endless paperwork no doubt required.