Temperature taken, shots and timing.

My home visit was conducted by a registered nurse and a home health aide. I was being followed up on for a bacterial infection. My vitals including a rectal temperature taking with a glass mercury thermometer. Prior to my temperature and shots, while the vials and syringes and thermometer were made ready, I was instructed to lay face down on my bed, then had my briefs lowered down behind my knees. The nurse asked if I was ready. I said yes. The aide did the temperature taking. Cheeks parted and the thermometer went in, as did the first injection. The nurse gave the injections. 1 Antibiotic, one B-12 and two iron shots. A minute later, the second injection, a moment later the third injection and finally after another minute, the fourth. I received two in each cheek. Then I realized all the time the thermometer was still inserted, and was told to lessen the pain of the shots that it was left in for four minutes and each shot, two per cheek was given every minute my temperature was registering.

When I was a child sometimes it happened that I received shots while the thermometer was still stuffed in my bum. My impression: it makes no difference in level of pain, but it felt more weird, because I was not allowed to move when my temperature was taken.