Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 9767198)

It just flat out is worse I think! They all looked totally unphased during the balls surgery but the doctor who did my toenail looked like she was going to be sick :joker:. She was sweating and went really pale.

It must feel horrible to do tbf. They sort of jam these little pliers right under the nail down to the base and then twist back and forward until it pops off... Takes quite a lot of effort too... She had to get a nurse to hold my foot down while she tug-of-warred it off.

Originally Posted by Jamie89 (Post 9767913)

Ok I wasn't aware of that, I was just going by the article in the OP and I thought this was all assumptions, I didn't realise there was more information on how the nurse handled the situation so I'll concede on that. (I'd still like to think that she wouldn't have intended to cause any unnecessary distress to anyone and just found herself in an uncomfortable and difficult situation that she shouldn't have been put in in the first place, but yes that's just an assumption too :p )

Originally Posted by Brillopad (Post 9770860)

I think the one put in the most uncomfortable position was the poor women patient who, like most women, dreaded the examination only to be put in the uncomfortable and embarrassing position she was and ended up, probably after a lot of psyching up for the exam in the first place, having to cancel it. The patient is the one who should never have been put in that position in the first place.