Have you ever had a surprise rectal examination?

@CassieST

Yes, it is quite normal that the first visit to the gynecologist is examined like this! Girls who are still virgins are examined in the anus. If the girls then had sex, a vaginal examination is performed.

I was there with my girlfriend at her first visit to the gynecologist to support her. Since she was still a virgin, the doctor examined her rectally. It was a surprise for her as she didn't know it was going to be done! She got a little startled when the doctor touched her anus. Then she was told "this can be a little uncomfortable now!". Then the doctor inserted his finger deep inside her and I could see how uncomfortable she was!

@CassieST "It was an odd sensation since I've never had anything inserted there."

Not even a thermometer?

I understand your surprise. As I said earlier on this forum, I was given a digital rectal exam when I was a kid, for appendicitis diagnosis. So far, the only things that had been up there were glass thermometers, suppositories, mom's fingertip (not deep) to push the suppositories, and my fingertips, and I had noticed it was difficult to insert them. I had never imagined it was possible to insert a finger deep and easily, which was made possible by lubricant, rubber glove and position.

@CassieST "It was an odd sensation since I've never had anything inserted there."

Not even a thermometer?

I understand your surprise. As I said earlier on this forum, I was given a digital rectal exam when I was a kid, for appendicitis diagnosis. So far, the only things that had been up there were glass thermometers, suppositories, mom's fingertip (not deep) to push the suppositories, and my fingertips, and I had noticed it was difficult to insert them. I had never imagined it was possible to insert a finger deep and easily, which was made possible by lubricant, rubber glove and position.

No rectal temperatures in my recollection. Never had appendicitis either.

Was at the age of 10. My sister took me to the doctor, but no one told me about the purpose and method of the examination. My sister was 18 years old and she most likely knew what they would do to me. There were several pediatric surgeons, but the sister asked for a woman. I was not afraid, because I thought that they would feel my stomach again. The doctor first talked to me, and then told me to strip me down to my underpants. I was a little embarrassed because there were three girls in the office, a doctor, my sister and a nurse. At first, she actually felt her stomach. Then she told me to go to the table. I thought they would put me on my stomach. But the nurse put me on my knees and elbows, and then lowered my panties to my knees. Surprised, I tried to straighten my back, but the nurse pushed hard, forcing me to arch my back. She slipped one hand between her legs and patted between them and forced her legs apart. When the doctor came up, she stretched my buttocks and I felt like they were sticking a finger into me. I began to pinch and cry from shame, and they thought it hurt. The doctor ordered further examinations for me.

@Corn_Flower @Tom-clt

Is an STD exam something you request or does a doctor recommend one? I’ve never had one or discussed STD’s with anyone. Is it good to get one every year?

STD exams were something you had to have here in British Columbia before getting married @GraceT . No longer required. It was to make sure you or your new partner were sexually uninfected.

If you are playing with different partners it is always good to get an STD check frequently. Just to be safe.

I have done this every time I have started a new relationship, and appreciate my prospective new partner doing the same.

Most doctors here will give you a lab requisition without question. Just a simple blood test.

I had one. My first exam as an adult was when I was over 40, and I had not really been to see a doctor since I was 16, so I had no clue what to expect. I would not have even gone then, but my fiancée scheduled me to see her doctor before the wedding (she said wanted to make sure she wasn't buying a lemon).

I should have had a clue. When the nurse taking my medical history asked whether I had a family history of prostate cancer, my fiancée was quick to answer yes (I do, she wasn't being mean!, after which the nurse went into a cabinet for out a tube of something (it turned out to be lube) and said "Well, I guess we will be needing this."

At the risk of sounding stupid, I didn't understand what was going on. I figured it out a few minutes later when the doctor asked me to turn around, bend over the exam table, and drop my shorts.

I had been told before I agreed to go to that appointment that nudity was not required for routine annual exams anymore. I don't know if I would agreed to go otherwise. Apparently I didn't handle it well. My fiancée told me later that I blushed so cute and kept stammering why?

When in my single-digit years I was at the doctors when my mom mentioned that I had been scratching a lot 'back there' lately. The doctor had me take off my underwear, turn around and spread my feet apart then bend over. He then spread my butt cheeks apart, took a long look and then got some goo on his finger and slide his finger right up the rear hatch. I knew thermometers fit up there but not a grown -ups finger. Hmm...

I went to a primary I hadn't seen before because I had a bad hemorrhoid. But it was external. In the appointment we talked about standard management of 'roids - I was using tucks pads, sitz baths, etc. He said I was doing everything right, but that he should take a look. Since it was external I thought "taking a look" would literally be just that. Nope. He needed to check internally. It wasn't too sore at this point, so getting some free ass play from a hot older doc was kinda nice...

I went to the urologist because I had symptoms of a urinary tract infection, in fact after a rectal exam on the prostate, I was diagnosed with prostatitis.

I had just moved and decided to go to the family medicine residency here.

I was called back and discovered even before I had gotten to the room my doc was a woman.

After the abdominal, she produced a sheet, and told me to finish stripping, and she would return

Within five minutes, she, and her nurse reappear.

After the KOFF KOFF I hear the dreaded alllllllmost done

Yep, my first female finger

Happened to me during what I had thought would be quick per-employment physical in my mid 20s. The exam was arranged by the company and the doc seemed to only a bit older than me. Towards the end of the exam he instructed me to stand up and remove my underwear. He then said he was going to examine my penis & testicles and check for a hernia. We will do a rectal exam and then you will done. Total surprise to me, I surmised afterwards that being relatively new from Med School he was giving me a textbook physical exam.

Happened to me during what I had thought would be quick per-employment physical in my mid 20s. The exam was arranged by the company and the doc seemed to only a bit older than me. Towards the end of the exam he instructed me to stand up and remove my underwear. He then said he was going to examine my penis & testicles and check for a hernia. We will do a rectal exam and then you will done. Total surprise to me, I surmised afterwards that being relatively new from Med School he was giving me a textbook physical exam.

It was a surprise to me because I didn't know what they were at the time. I was badly constipated and the only way to know how badly was to perform one. Let's just say it was unforgettable but contact me if you'd like more details.

I've only had one and it was kind of a surprise- I had a particular complaint that I thought MIGHT require a rectal exam but at the same time it was hard to believe it was really going to happen until it did.

When I was a kid, I had appendicitis. After an abdominal examination, the GP wanted confirmation before deciding to have me transferred to hospital. I then experienced my first digital rectal exam; and it was a surprise because she did not quite tell me what she would do (I think she told my mother in grownup words).

I can think of a couple of times. First time was age 8 when I was having a checkup with my gp for my early puberty. I was having very painful persistent erections and my testes were swollen. As he examined me he said they would need emptying. When he eventually managed to retract me foreskin (never tight before), his hand slipped & hit my balls. This triggered my first ejaculation. He then told me got get on all fours & without telling me what he was going to do he shoved his finger up my rectum & started pressing on my prostate (didn't know what it was back then). That really was a surprise - was uncomfortable and felt very weird / painful as he pressed/rubbed very hard.

Other time was after I'd been knocked off my bicycle and had a suspected pelvic fracture. In A&E I developed an erection & they were worried of spine injury as well. Next thing I was aware of (sure they did tell me, but I was on quite strong pain relief), I was being log-rolled onto my side & had a finger shoved up my rectum. Again was a surprise but understandable, as I understand it can be used as an assessment of spinal injuries.

There are a couple that come to mind, one when I was a teenager and one when I was younger.

The one where I was younger was in the hospital. It was one of many “random exams” I got during my hospital stays. This was the 1970s or early 1980s in a teaching hospital. And back then, it was routine for interns / residents / med students to be told to go do exam X on patient Y. Or to do exam A on all of the patients under your care. Mostly to learn. And if you were a kid, you weren’t usually asked. (Although, sometime you or your parent would be aske. It seemed to be random.) These exams sometimes had only the most tenuous connection to why you were there, but they wouldn't be painful or dangerous. Most weren’t even partially embarrassing. They were common things that were done.

I don’t remember exactly how old I was, but it was before I was old enough to be moved to the “older teens section” of the peds floor. I was in for an orthopedic surgery. I remember one day, one of the residents/med students coming into my room out of the blue and telling me that he had to do an exam. I don’t think that he pulled the curtains or explained much about why he was doing the exam. He had me roll over on my tummy, like for a temperature taking, and opened up my gown. I felt a finger go up my bottom and come out and then he left. The whole encounter could not have taken more than a couple of minutes. It was like he had a long list of patients to do rectal exams on before he could go home for the day. LOL.

The next one that was a surprise shouldn’t have been a surprise, but I was probably 14 or 15, so I was surprised. My mother had taken me to the ER because I had some blood in my urine and it was after normal hours. I had given a urine sample and we were back in a curtained cubical when a female resident came back to examine me. She did the normal things including thumping my back and doing an abdominal exam. I had to take off my underwear so she could examine my penis including looking in the meatus.

Then she surprised me by saying that she had to do a rectal exam and that I needed to roll over. I was not expecting this. It was bad enough getting a genital exam in front of my mother. I figured that it would be like getting my temperature taken rectally when I was little, so went to roll over on to my stomach. She them told me no, she wanted me on my side with legs pulled up. I did as she asked and soon felt her finger penetrate my anus and go all the way in. It seemed like she felt around there forever, but it was probably less than half a minute. That was pretty much the end of the exam. I got an antibiotic prescription and was sent home with follow up instructions.

Anyway, those are the only two real surprise rectal exams that I remember. Every other one has been pretty much expect.

My first wasn’t really an “exam”. I must have been only 4 or 5 years old and at the doctor for some reason. After everything else was taken care of my mom and the doctor were talking and the doctor briefly left the room. When he came back he told the nurse “Distract him”….I still remember how pretty she was and she asked me “Do you like puppy dogs?” Meanwhile…I’m rolled onto my stomach, my underwear are pulled down and he sticks his thick finger in my butt!! He feels around a bit and the stretches my anus open REALLY wide!! He tells my mom “Yes, he’s really full”. They talked more, but I didn’t hear what they said. Clearly my mom must have initially told him she thought I wasn’t going to the bathroom. On the way home I asked why the doctor did that and my mom said “You haven’t been going to the bathroom and you’re very full so I’m going to have to give you an enema”. I was so nervous all afternoon and she gave me a fleet enema that evening.

I went to the doctor once because there was blood in my urine (after I had held it too long). He had me drop my pants and the first thing he did was give me a DRE. I think it was the first one I had and he did get agitated because I tensed up and he had a difficult time getting his finger in. He suspected it was a prostate problem (it was not), and then did a genital check. His final thought was that it was nothing serious, and that by holding my bladder so long a blood vessel may have broken. I never would have suspected that blood in my urine would require a DRE, but of course it made sense when he explained it to me.

When I was in my thirties I went up to the local clinic to get my medical examiner's card recertified for my license. At the time I had, had probably half a dozen of these physicals done before. Up until this time they had always been very simple, basic physicals. They maybe took twenty minutes. You never knew which doctor you were going to see it was who ever was available. On this day it must have been a new doctor who was very enthusiastic. After the initial part of the exam he told me to get down off the exam table and stand on the floor. This was still normal you were usually checked for a hernia and then told you were done. After coming over and sitting down in front of me he told me to drop my pants and underwear and then started to give me a more of genital exam instead of just checking for a hernia. This did make me start to wonder what he was doing. As he started to check for a hernia he stopped and looked up at me. He then told me that he was going to give me a rectal exam so he could check my stool for blood. Then he told me he realized I wasn't old enough to need to worry about my prostate but he would go ahead and check it anyway. Then if everything was good he would sign my medical card. I stood there kind of stunned, I was definitely surprised.

I received mine from my primary care doctor just prior to starting college. It was a full exam including updating of necessary vaccinations for college in September. Until then, I had been given through exams, as far as I knew, but this time, it was more intense and embarrassing. The exam went along as normal. Strip to my briefs and endure being weighed by the nurse and take vitals. All while trying to reveal a level of arousal. Midway through, he had me lay back and asked me to raise up hips, as he lowered and pulled down by briefs. He did a genital exam. Feeling my shaft; opening the meatus which by now caused me to stiffen up some, and then had me turn onto my side, He had in the past made me clench or wink my anus. This time, he pressed with his finger and before I knew it, he inserted it fully and twisted it in many positions causing me to gasp. My virgin rectum was now christened!

@Nick321 He didn’t mention he was about to insert his finger?

I did not have any surprise dre.

But when I was 9 an I had my appendix removed, I received an unexpected mircoenema.

The nurse came in and asked me to remove the under of pjamas and panties.

She then moved my legs and inserted the microenema without saying anything

I started to cry. She answered something similar to "Is only an enema. You will need to poo poo in a short time. When you have the urge please call me"

After she gone and returned with a bed pan

It was an ugly experience

Yes, once at the pediatricians office. I guess I should have expected it given the constipation but I didn’t know anything could go up there at the time

While being a student i got pain in the coccyx. I went two doctors to examinie the cause of the pain. The fist one only did an isnpection and a palpation while i laid on the tummy, panties lowered down in the rear , the second one ordered to lay on the left side with knee bent to waist and to pull down the jeans and panties to midthight. He seperated the cheeks, inspected the anus and than his finger slides through the anus into the rectum to palpate the coccyx intern and extern with index finger and thumb, trying to move it. He palpated the prostata too and ment than except an anal eczema he cannot find anything serious, the pain would be a sequence of bad sitting, i should do swimming on the back at least two times the week. I told the results with my girl friend, she ment that i should go to a dermatologist specialized in proctology to check the eczema. There i would get i through anal examination including anoscopy and rectoscopy, she had experienced this examination there and she would make an appointment for me. So i got there an expected rectal examination, now on a special examination chair, the buttock was lifted into the air while the genitals were draped by my panties.

With the way things are going in the exam world, I think a "surprise" rectal exam is gone forever lol. My doc isnt even concerned when I have the occasional internal hemorrhoid pop up.

Im available if anyone wants to surprise me!

My GP surprised me one day told me to stand in middle of room and drop my pants and underwear, w a little over to table and put my chest on table. Then he proceeded to give me a rectal exam. I didn't mind but strangest I have ever had usually just elbows on table lol.

When I was in my early twenties I had a very thorough physical exam to find out if I had any grounds for a medical exemption from the draft. He was a very thorough doctor and I was rather amazed by his examination. To this day it was the best physical exam I ever underwent. Towards the end of the exam he pulled down my briefs and examined my genitalia and checked for hernia. Then he had me turn around and bend over the exam table. He spread my cheeks and stuck something up my butt, but just for a few seconds. Yes I was surprised because no one had ever done that to me before. I did find the sensation quite enjoyable.