When my wife and I go to the doctor, we usually sit in on each other's exam. That way at least one of us will remember what was said since we each pick up only half the information. We both recently visited our skin specialist. The lady who brought us back to the exam roomasked if we wanted to be seen separately or together. We said together. She gavemy wife a gown to put on and told me to strip to my under wear. For me the exam went well because the doctor saw all he needed to see by pulling down my shorts where necessary. The exam on my wife however, seemed a little bit cumbersome because of the gown being in the way, but the doctor did make a complete exam.The doctor, my wife and I all seemed comfortable with this arrangement.
I would suggest that all husbands and wives all be a part of your spouse's health treatments. A good mate is hard to find and you don't want to lose them.
We europeans, do not understand this discusion. We live in teh Netherlands. When we go to a docter and if necessay we went fully nude. Ther is no gown at all not with general praticion nor in hospital. The doctor make his fysical examination and made his conclusion.
When we go to a dermatolgist. The nurse said: take all yuo clothes and wait for the docter is comming.
That is the way it is going here.
Whe see it in the american films on tv and do not uderstand why people are so shy.
On my last visit to see my urologist he had to go get a nurse to stand there and look embarrassed while he examined me - it's now hospital policy to have a 'witness' present to prevent patients from making claims of inappropraiate behaviour by doctors, leaving the hospital open to law suits.
What a world we live in!
We europeans, do not understand this discusion. We live in teh Netherlands. When we go to a docter and if necessay we went fully nude. Ther is no gown at all not with general praticion nor in hospital. The doctor make his fysical examination and made his conclusion.When we go to a dermatolgist. The nurse said: take all yuo clothes and wait for the docter is comming.That is the way it is going here.Whe see it in the american films on tv and do not uderstand why people are so shy.
Frankly, I'm with you. I'm in the US and I don't understand it, either.
My doctor doesn't have gowns. At my annual physical I get progressively more undressed as the examination occurs, until I'm naked while she examines my genitals and finally my prostate. The doc then hands me a tissue, turns away to enter data into her computer while I get cleaned up and dressed again. No fuss no muss.
At other times I am asked to use a small paper sheet if its necessary to get naked below the waist.
The weirdest experience I have ever had was at the dermatologist. I was asked to undress, put a gown on but keep my underwear on. I think it was for the benefit of the nurse who accompanied the doctor. When he examined my genitals by pulling my underwear down I noticed the nurse had averted her gaze. I can't understand why a dermatologists nurse would have any hang ups. Given the exam is to look at your skin it boggles my mind they use gowns at all.
It should be a question when filling out paperwork if you require a gown or not during examinations.
I was having pain in my foot and my doctor have me go for a nerve test when I got there I was told to undress and put a gown on the tech old be right in when she came she told me she would be sending electric in my hip down to my foot she hooked up my foot then pulled my gown aside to put the pads and said if my doctor told me to shave I said no and she said it's works out better when it comes time to remove the patches
A few years ago I had gone to my female doctor to have my prostate checked and hernia check . The doctor just had me pull my pants to my ankles and had me lay on my side for the prostate check and when she finished had me stand for the hernia check. When I stood up I had pulled my pants up some to keep from tripping and had half of my penis covered so when she checked me she felt one side and had me cough and then before she did the other side she took her hand with no glove and grabbed my penis and moved it to the other side so she could finish then apologized for having cold hands and I just said no problem. This was a memorable visit.
Once had to have an ultrasound on my scrotum. Was told to get undressed and lay down with a sheet of butcher's paper over my mid section while she left me alone for a minute. When she came back, despite an intimate examination, she said there was no need to remove my shirt also! In my defense, I did so to avoid getting lubricant on it.
The thing that cracks me up most about the Doctor, is they assume you wear underwear. I've had a few exams where the nurse was take just your pants off, and when she came back and I was naked from the waist down got a little flustered.
I went for an outpatient procedure ( pacemaker replacement) and the prep nurse told me to strip down to my underwear and put on the flimsy gown. Then he left the room. I do not wear underwear so I just slipped off my pants and shirt and put the grown on. When he shaved my chest ( a loss of a dozen hairs) he just folded the gown down. But the doc said he might have to do a temp pacemaker while he swapped out the real one, the nurse had to prep me for that. So while in the OR with half dozen others in the room he lifted up my gown and sort of covered my penis while he shaved off my pubes on both sides. I told him I was not modest so don't worry about covering. He did not ask why i had no underwear on
I did some checking afterwards and discovered that to do a temp pacemaker they insert a feed sort of like a heart cath up thru the large vein in the groin area. The doc did not do it which i was very glad. That puncture would have taken far longer to heal than the simple slit to slide in the new tic tac size box in my upper chest
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