The Wrong End

[Ratimir Mocnaj]

From Stitched, June 2011

The Wrong End

One very busy day in the office, with all the examining rooms full, the waiting room full and, of course, the phone ringing urgently, I had the patient all ready for her paps and pelvic examination. At the propitious moment of insertion of the speculum, I said, “Say ‘Aah.’”

“What did you say?” she replied.

There’s no graceful way out of that situation.