What do you miss or wish for with your exams?

I'm in my 40s and have seen changes in medicine. What do older patients miss? What do the younger wish for or fantasize about?

I miss the reliance on injections to jump start treatment. The old nurse will be in or don't get dressed with that knowing look..

And even though I prefer just shorts, I miss cloth gowns rubbing against me reminding me that I'm nude, just waiting.

I’m a senior citizen. and I remember how medical care was decades ago. To be honest, even though the breakthrough technology wasn’t available, doctors were more personable, and spent time with their patients. Of course, your chances of survival from major diseases was limited. Even today, people are still dying in record numbers from cancer. I don’t miss glass oral thermometers. I always felt uneasy holding one under my tongue, until the nurse returned, several minutes later. But I definitely wasn’t going to ask for rectal.

Something I only got to experience once- laying stark naked on the table while a female health practitioner takes her damn sweet time examining every part of me.

To be honest, even though the breakthrough technology wasn’t available, doctors were more personable, and spent time with their patients.

@JJM maybe you need to find the right doctor. We picked our PCP because she was personable and took the time with my.mother-in-law during her dementia diagnosis. I changed surgeons, when I broke both arms, because the first did not take the time to explain the degree of my injuries to us. Delaying my treatment/surgery 3 weeks.

I am younger so I experienced not nearly as much because medical exams became less and less through, but I wish that I had been and still wish to be examined more through like a full exam of my penis and testicles (hands on) as well as my urethra and anus (hands on as well). I even wish they would take my temperature rectaly and not with the stupid oral one.

I am younger so I experienced not nearly as much because medical exams became less and less through, but I wish that I had been and still wish to be examined more through like a full exam of my penis and testicles (hands on) as well as my urethra and anus (hands on as well). I even wish they would take my temperature rectaly and not with the stupid oral one.

Older posters like MissStress, Agracier, TightyWhiteysNow, and myself all lived in a golden age where doctors had the time, energy, and freedom to do a proper thorough exam, and weren't constantly under the gun from greedy insurance companies, dysfunctional hospital administrations, shark lawyers, and know-it-all parents. Sadly, those days are probably gone for good.

As technology continues to advance, it will probably even FURTHER remove the human element from healthcare, allowing soulless machines to do the majority of the examination, with only minimal input from the staff. And that, to me, is a real shame.

From a fetish standpoint manual inspection of the naked body is appealing. I grew up in the 50’s so I guess I’m of the older generation, and I have more faith and confidence in the diagnostic tests available today. I’m guessing more issues are pinpointed with modern imaging vs subjective palpitations and have reduced the need for many “exploratory” or unnecessary surgeries to pinpoint issues. Technology and knowledge have advanced and the enhanced diagnosis and are far more objective. That’s why doctors don’t use leeches and blood letting to cure you of something they aren’t even sure of. Medicine has continuously evolved and improved over time

So I don’t miss any of the old medical practices. Still today, if a need exists to inspect my body naked for cancer screening, urinary issues etc. it’s done - but with more accurate tools and imagery capability..

As technology continues to advance, it will probably even FURTHER remove the human element from healthcare, allowing soulless machines to do the majority of the examination, with only minimal input from the staff. And that, to me, is a real shame.

One thing about soulless machines is that they don't have feelings and should therefore never be shy to have a patient totally nude. And patients shouldn't be shy about being nude in front of or in a medical machine either.

When I saw the movie 'Prometheus' and the medical pod, I thought it a shame the movie showed patients going into the pod with underwear (that's Hollywood of course - show horrid monster, but never full nudity ... ha ha), but if such a machine ever were in use, I bet clothing would be superfluous and exams/treatments would happen nude.

So, don't despair. A medical pod might be more 'fun' than you think.

One thing about soulless machines is that they don't have feelings and should therefore never be shy to have a patient totally nude. And patients shouldn't be shy about being nude in front of or in a medical machine either.

When I saw the movie 'Prometheus' and the medical pod, I thought it a shame the movie showed patients going into the pod with underwear (that's Hollywood of course - show horrid monster, but never full nudity ... ha ha), but if such a machine ever were in use, I bet clothing would be superfluous and exams/treatments would happen nude.

So, don't despair. A medical pod might be more 'fun' than you think.

I dunno man- without touch by a real human being, it's just not the same.

It's been a long long time since I've had what we used to call a complete physical. The doctor would go over every square inch of your body, every single orifice was inspected and or probed, your abdomen was poked and kneaded and tapped, your reflexes were tested, the stethoscope was everywhere, every vital taken and recorded, even looking between your toes. My last "wellness" check I was completely clothed and the only touch was for blood pressure and stethoscope through my blouse with a few deep breaths. Mouth and nose; nope. Ears; nope. Of course a review of my blood work. The rest was left in the hands of the dermo and the gyno. There very first physical I remember I was maybe five or six, face down on white crinkly paper atop an old leather exam table, that funny doctor's office smell, my little white cotton underpants pulled down and a cold, greased thermometer inserted in my tiny bottom by a gruff, uniformed nurse. Of course my sister was watching all of this and giggling. The "good old days".

I dunno man- without touch by a real human being, it's just not the same.

One nice thing about a medical machine versus a human doctor: machines don't have bad breath from eating onions and/or garlic the night before ...

One thing about soulless machines is that they don't have feelings and should therefore never be shy to have a patient totally nude. And patients shouldn't be shy about being nude in front of or in a medical machine either.

Always watch out what you’re wishing for. Machines that decide what the situation of a patient is, only work with 1’s and 0’ … there’s nothing in between. Once the chances are against the patient, just because of financial implications and future, the machine just might decide it’s no use of doing something as treatment, even to give people time to come to terms with it all … with people taling decisions, you are less efficient, etc … but you’re still human …

What I miss somewhat is the no-nonsense attitude also towards the need of nakedness and partial nakedness. If you have to listen to the lungs and heart, the upper body should be naked. You can’t do it on clothes or even with clothes on …. Seems to me that these days, certain doc’s are kind of affraid to tell the patient to take the top off … in the past, it was also a bit too much of nakedness (I experienced it myself) but we weren’t harmed …

Machines can only do what people tell it, programing. Machines can miss the fine, subtle nuance's that a person might get or see.

Yes, tests are better today, but without that personal connection how do you talk to the patient, person? How do calm them? Reassure them of what lies ahead - good and/or bad. No machine is going to do any of that for me.

Always watch out what you’re wishing for. Machines that decide what the situation of a patient is, only work with 1’s and 0’ … there’s nothing in between. Once the chances are against the patient, just because of financial implications and future, the machine just might decide it’s no use of doing something as treatment, even to give people time to come to terms with it all … with people taling decisions, you are less efficient, etc … but you’re still human …

What I miss somewhat is the no-nonsense attitude also towards the need of nakedness and partial nakedness. If you have to listen to the lungs and heart, the upper body should be naked. You can’t do it on clothes or even with clothes on …. Seems to me that these days, certain doc’s are kind of affraid to tell the patient to take the top off … in the past, it was also a bit too much of nakedness (I experienced it myself) but we weren’t harmed …

And on top of all that, machines are ONLY as good as the people designing, assembling, and programming them. Something as simple as a manufacturing defect, programming error, or software glitch could mean premature death or needless suffering for a patient.

In a medical setting, I'm more than happy to sacrifice a little of my dignity to ensure my good health, and get a medfet thrill on top of it.

Machines can miss the fine, subtle nuance's that a person might get or see.

Machines don't get tired, distracted, hungry or have personal dislikes and feelings of aversion.

I was once sent to a pneumologist who had a serious aversion to 'long-haired' types as I was back in the early '70s. To say he mismanaged my diagnosis is an understatement. I bet a well built and programmed medical diagnostic device/machine would have done a far better job and ultimately saved me from losing a rather critical organ.

Machines assist in all fields of science and perform tasks that humans simply never could.

So, I wouldn't be too dismissive about future advanced medical machines.