I recently had dinner with a friend who was attending nursing school and I learned some interesting things.
Did you know there’s a difference between nauseated and nauseous? I didn’t.
The way I understand it, if you feel vomiting is imminent, you have to say you feel nauseated. Otherwise, if you say you feel nauseous, you’re saying you think you make other people sick. Big difference.
Does the average person know this or is it just medical people? Shouldn’t they post signs in hospitals explaining the difference? Say you’re in a crowd of interns and you yell ‘look out, I feel nauseous.’ No one’s going to help you. They might back up so they don’t catch your cooties, but they probably aren’t going to run and get you a waste paper basket.
And what’s the deal with hernias?
Years ago an aunt of mine was having surgery. She insisted she had a Hiatus Hernia. What is that exactly? Because the way she made it sound, her hernia was on vacation.
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