Pre-Op Testing

I had the bpd/ds April of 2002. At the time of my surgery I was down from my hightest of 450+ to 389. So you have to go and have pre-op testing done, right? Well, they give you this 'thimble' to pee in....it might as well be a thimble, you can't hit it. I go into the bathroom and they wouldn't let me take my purse in, like I was having a drug test done. I had brought tongs to hold the darn thing you know.....well, anyway, I came back out and asked if they had one of the childrens pots that hooks to the toilet seat and they looked at me like I was crazy. I said this is a hospital, surely you have one of those things! Nope, so I go back in and hatch a plan. I put the cup in the floor, hold on to the handicap rail and try to squat and hover over that darn thimble and what do you know.....I missed! I grabbed paper towels, soaked up the pee and squeezed it in the cup, cleaned the floor, washed my hands and turned in the cup like a good little girl. The next morning before my surgery, the nurse said all my tests were fine, but did I know that I had a urinary tract infection? I said no, I felt fine!! Well, before they took me in, I told the nurse what I had done the day before and she bent over double laughing. Another nurse came in and wanted to know what was so funny and the first nurse asked if it was ok if she told her and said sure, I had nothing to hide, well before you know it, the whole floor was howling! They said it was a wonder I didn't show some exotic disease in my tests. I can laugh now, but at the time I did that, I was humiliated, but it is funny now. Joy

Goodness Joy! I can SO relate to that story.... and to be honest you made me feel a bit better. See, this morning I had to do the "pee in a cup" thing and while I made it... after quite a bit of aim, balance and old fashioned inginuity, I dropped the cup in the toilet. Lucky for me it was one of those shallow bowl water saver potties and my cup landed upright!!! (miracle of miracles) But then, as I was triumphantly snapping the flimsy plastic lid on the flimsy platic cup, I must have pushed a bit too hard and the cup broke, dousing me in urine. The staff had a good laugh...after all, how could I explain going into the bathroom dry and coming out with a wet shirt and wet hair?

lmao thanks for the laugh. I HATE urine samples soooo much! I finally figured out a plan: Bring a tupperwear container LOL I haven't tried it yet, but I figure if you can get it in a bigger container, you just pour it into the thimble. It's better than peeing all over yourself isn't it?

well the thing is alot of the times they give you a sterile container to pee in....so if you bring your own tupperware make sure it's as close to sterile as possible, last thing you need is for them to tell you have salmonella or some other household germ, lol.

LOL! yeah I'd be like: MY KITCHEN HAS SELAMONELLA!!! Then they'd probably look at me like !?!!?!?