Squeamish Mom

[Ratatosk]

Here's the irony... I have a pretty strong stomach with most things, but from a very young age I get urpy around mucus. Someone leaves a glob of mucus in a drinking fountain at school, I'd get the dry heaves, gob a spit on the sidewalk -- ditto! So last night we're watching a recording of ER and this guy spits a big loogy on one of the doctors, proceeds to hit several people with a big yellow nasty (ugh, I'm having to look away as I type, I'm such a pansy) and I have to look away and I start making gagging noises. DS thinks it's hilarious and yells at his dad to "show it again", so I had to cover my eyes and ears about three times while they replayed it.

So ironies of all ironies, I end up with a child who has CF and wonder if someone is trying to tell me something. I don't seem to have a problem with DS's boogery nose, so I'm hoping I'll be immune to his mucus. Errrrgh!

 

[Ratatosk]

Here's the irony... I have a pretty strong stomach with most things, but from a very young age I get urpy around mucus. Someone leaves a glob of mucus in a drinking fountain at school, I'd get the dry heaves, gob a spit on the sidewalk -- ditto! So last night we're watching a recording of ER and this guy spits a big loogy on one of the doctors, proceeds to hit several people with a big yellow nasty (ugh, I'm having to look away as I type, I'm such a pansy) and I have to look away and I start making gagging noises. DS thinks it's hilarious and yells at his dad to "show it again", so I had to cover my eyes and ears about three times while they replayed it.

So ironies of all ironies, I end up with a child who has CF and wonder if someone is trying to tell me something. I don't seem to have a problem with DS's boogery nose, so I'm hoping I'll be immune to his mucus. Errrrgh!

 

[Ratatosk]

Here's the irony... I have a pretty strong stomach with most things, but from a very young age I get urpy around mucus. Someone leaves a glob of mucus in a drinking fountain at school, I'd get the dry heaves, gob a spit on the sidewalk -- ditto! So last night we're watching a recording of ER and this guy spits a big loogy on one of the doctors, proceeds to hit several people with a big yellow nasty (ugh, I'm having to look away as I type, I'm such a pansy) and I have to look away and I start making gagging noises. DS thinks it's hilarious and yells at his dad to "show it again", so I had to cover my eyes and ears about three times while they replayed it.

So ironies of all ironies, I end up with a child who has CF and wonder if someone is trying to tell me something. I don't seem to have a problem with DS's boogery nose, so I'm hoping I'll be immune to his mucus. Errrrgh!

 

[LouLou]

funny. It reminds me of a story of a young cf girl infant - now 7 years old. The mother was so inspired by me and full of questions. We met because my college roomie taught her daughter swimming lessons. When I heard she had cf I showed up one day after my roommate asked her mother if she'd like to meet me. I want ed to meet them but also I wanted to see exactly how my roomie taught swimming lessons to an infant! Also, ironic was that the little girl and I share the same name. Any hoot. A few years later while on a Great Strides walk I was walking with their family at a brisk pace coughed up a hunk of mucus and discretely spit it....but it was a big one so it made a splat noise. She proceeded to ask me if I did this in front of boys how she never wanted her little girl to do that in front of boys. I explained to her that getting out mucus was a regular part of cf and like it or not, if your daughter is to find a life partner that will help her to live a long healthy life they will need to be supportive (at all costs) of her getting it out. It was an eye opener for her. Lucky for me during high school mucus didn't come out this much so I was able to have many 'normal' relationships without the involvement of mucus. Long story short. My husband now knows something needs to be spit out just by the sound of a cough. Ah love. So happy I've found it.

 

[LouLou]

funny. It reminds me of a story of a young cf girl infant - now 7 years old. The mother was so inspired by me and full of questions. We met because my college roomie taught her daughter swimming lessons. When I heard she had cf I showed up one day after my roommate asked her mother if she'd like to meet me. I want ed to meet them but also I wanted to see exactly how my roomie taught swimming lessons to an infant! Also, ironic was that the little girl and I share the same name. Any hoot. A few years later while on a Great Strides walk I was walking with their family at a brisk pace coughed up a hunk of mucus and discretely spit it....but it was a big one so it made a splat noise. She proceeded to ask me if I did this in front of boys how she never wanted her little girl to do that in front of boys. I explained to her that getting out mucus was a regular part of cf and like it or not, if your daughter is to find a life partner that will help her to live a long healthy life they will need to be supportive (at all costs) of her getting it out. It was an eye opener for her. Lucky for me during high school mucus didn't come out this much so I was able to have many 'normal' relationships without the involvement of mucus. Long story short. My husband now knows something needs to be spit out just by the sound of a cough. Ah love. So happy I've found it.

 

[LouLou]

funny. It reminds me of a story of a young cf girl infant - now 7 years old. The mother was so inspired by me and full of questions. We met because my college roomie taught her daughter swimming lessons. When I heard she had cf I showed up one day after my roommate asked her mother if she'd like to meet me. I want ed to meet them but also I wanted to see exactly how my roomie taught swimming lessons to an infant! Also, ironic was that the little girl and I share the same name. Any hoot. A few years later while on a Great Strides walk I was walking with their family at a brisk pace coughed up a hunk of mucus and discretely spit it....but it was a big one so it made a splat noise. She proceeded to ask me if I did this in front of boys how she never wanted her little girl to do that in front of boys. I explained to her that getting out mucus was a regular part of cf and like it or not, if your daughter is to find a life partner that will help her to live a long healthy life they will need to be supportive (at all costs) of her getting it out. It was an eye opener for her. Lucky for me during high school mucus didn't come out this much so I was able to have many 'normal' relationships without the involvement of mucus. Long story short. My husband now knows something needs to be spit out just by the sound of a cough. Ah love. So happy I've found it.

 

[Jane]

Your story made me laugh! I often wonder what other parents and partners do when they have to deal with all the CF nastiness.

We had a nurse when Josh was in last spring who felt the same as you do about mucus. It surprised me because, well, she's a nurse! Josh had to give several samples for testing- the bigger the better. The poor nurse had to come in and have us cover the cup with towel before she took it. lol

 

[Jane]

Your story made me laugh! I often wonder what other parents and partners do when they have to deal with all the CF nastiness.

We had a nurse when Josh was in last spring who felt the same as you do about mucus. It surprised me because, well, she's a nurse! Josh had to give several samples for testing- the bigger the better. The poor nurse had to come in and have us cover the cup with towel before she took it. lol

 

[Jane]

Your story made me laugh! I often wonder what other parents and partners do when they have to deal with all the CF nastiness.

We had a nurse when Josh was in last spring who felt the same as you do about mucus. It surprised me because, well, she's a nurse! Josh had to give several samples for testing- the bigger the better. The poor nurse had to come in and have us cover the cup with towel before she took it. lol

 

[Ratatosk]

It's horrible. I have NO control over my gag reflex when it comes to mucus. I can just feel my stomach flip flop. I took anatomy in college -- no problems with cadaver lab. Ditto with advanced biology -- frogs, cats, squid... Can watch gory slasher movies and those nasty surgery shows on the discovery channel.

 

[Ratatosk]

It's horrible. I have NO control over my gag reflex when it comes to mucus. I can just feel my stomach flip flop. I took anatomy in college -- no problems with cadaver lab. Ditto with advanced biology -- frogs, cats, squid... Can watch gory slasher movies and those nasty surgery shows on the discovery channel.

 

[Ratatosk]

It's horrible. I have NO control over my gag reflex when it comes to mucus. I can just feel my stomach flip flop. I took anatomy in college -- no problems with cadaver lab. Ditto with advanced biology -- frogs, cats, squid... Can watch gory slasher movies and those nasty surgery shows on the discovery channel.

 

[Rebjane]

Jane,

Your nurse story reminded me of when I was pregnant with my son. I have no issues with mucus , blood , bodily fluids. I've always bragged about my strong stomach. I was a in the last months of pregnancy, and I'm a nurse as well. I was having nausea from my prenancy and was doing 7 am rounds. I had an older gentleman as a patient with pneumonia and he needed to be suctioned, I suctioned a huge glob of mucus from him and to my surprise was literally retching over him trying not to throw up on my poor patient! I had to run into the patient's bathroom to get my composure. It was awful. Definately the pregnancy hormones are hard to deal with when you're a nurse.

 

[Rebjane]

Jane,

Your nurse story reminded me of when I was pregnant with my son. I have no issues with mucus , blood , bodily fluids. I've always bragged about my strong stomach. I was a in the last months of pregnancy, and I'm a nurse as well. I was having nausea from my prenancy and was doing 7 am rounds. I had an older gentleman as a patient with pneumonia and he needed to be suctioned, I suctioned a huge glob of mucus from him and to my surprise was literally retching over him trying not to throw up on my poor patient! I had to run into the patient's bathroom to get my composure. It was awful. Definately the pregnancy hormones are hard to deal with when you're a nurse.

 

[Rebjane]

Jane,

Your nurse story reminded me of when I was pregnant with my son. I have no issues with mucus , blood , bodily fluids. I've always bragged about my strong stomach. I was a in the last months of pregnancy, and I'm a nurse as well. I was having nausea from my prenancy and was doing 7 am rounds. I had an older gentleman as a patient with pneumonia and he needed to be suctioned, I suctioned a huge glob of mucus from him and to my surprise was literally retching over him trying not to throw up on my poor patient! I had to run into the patient's bathroom to get my composure. It was awful. Definately the pregnancy hormones are hard to deal with when you're a nurse.

 

[mum2kj]

Lol your gonna get used to it, as it will be an everyday thing <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

I can handle kj's sputum no probs (just how i could handle her poop smell)

It's other ppl's spit that brings on my gag reflexes lol.

I have a very weak stomach and couldnt and cant handle blood, except for kj's

Think it's just because she is my kid lol.

 

[mum2kj]

Lol your gonna get used to it, as it will be an everyday thing <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

I can handle kj's sputum no probs (just how i could handle her poop smell)

It's other ppl's spit that brings on my gag reflexes lol.

I have a very weak stomach and couldnt and cant handle blood, except for kj's

Think it's just because she is my kid lol.

 

[mum2kj]

Lol your gonna get used to it, as it will be an everyday thing <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

I can handle kj's sputum no probs (just how i could handle her poop smell)

It's other ppl's spit that brings on my gag reflexes lol.

I have a very weak stomach and couldnt and cant handle blood, except for kj's

Think it's just because she is my kid lol.