Surprised rectal exam

Has any Doctor ever given you an unexpected rectal exam?

Once Mine did by undoing my pants and having me lay on my side while pulling down my clothes and inserting 2 fingers deep inside. I was not ready or prepared for it.

Yes quite a few years ago I went in for a physical that my employer required us to have done yearly. I had been getting these physicals done for a few years at the time and they were usually very quick and non invasive. You rarely ever saw the same the doctor twice you just saw who ever was available. On this particular day I was seen by a younger very enthusiastic male doctor. When the part of the physical came where I was usually checked for a hernia and then told I was done. I was told I was going to be given a complete genital exam. In the middle of the genital exam he informed me that next he was going to give me a rectal exam so he could collect a stool sample. He then went on to explain that I wasn't old enough to need to worry about my prostate but he would check it anyway and then collect the stool sample. He then told if everything was good he would sign my certification for my employer. I was rather shocked to say the least. I have never experienced anything like this since. I still don't know why he thought it necessary to do all of this for what was normally a very simple physical.

@joe_thom My first rectal exam was unexpected - I was a child, had appendicitis, and the doctor did not quite explain to me what she would be doing to me, only giving me instructions how to get into position. I was very surprised. I did not even know such a thing was possible.

@joe_thom My first rectal exam was unexpected - I was a child, had appendicitis, and the doctor did not quite explain to me what she would be doing to me, only giving me instructions how to get into position. I was very surprised. I did not even know such a thing was possible.

@Jacana , how old were you at that time? What was the position?

I know sometimes doctors do rectal exam in a suspected appendicitis. For you as a child I must had been not just a surprise but a horrible experience left in your memory.

@kulemh The experience was not that bad except for the indignity of not being considered old enough to be told about what would happen (I think the doctor had told my mother using grownup words, but not me!). I was in elementary school, and the position was a bit like for pooping on a squat toilet.

Yes! At my physical after I turned 30 he told me he was going to preform a rectal exam after he finished up my abdominal. I usually just lower my underwear for the genital check but he instructed me to go behind the privacy curtain to remove them. I was so embarrassed but also excited.

As shared elsewhere, my first was at 22, by my dad's doctor for a mandatory grad school exam.

Many years later, I was told to just strip to the waist. I thought ok, I was expecting the stand and drop 'em. Butt, then, while I still had my pants and briefs around my ankles, I was told to bend over the end of the table. A very thorough exam immediately followed.

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to undergo a general preventative treatment. Such procedures always begin with a medical examination, including an ECG and blood tests. Nothing too exciting. The day after the examination, I discussed the results with the doctor, who, to my surprise, announced that a gynecological examination was routinely performed on patients over the age of forty. A gynecologist would come to the clinic once a week for this. Two days later, the time had come: in one of the three doctor's offices, an examination table had been fitted with leg supports. A bit makeshift. The gynecological examination, including the smear test, was carried out routinely, if a little forcefully. It didn't bother me at all. In the end, however, I was quite shocked when, without warning, the doctor stuck her index finger up my anus up to the knuckle. At first, it hurt quite a bit in the area of ​​the anal sphincter, which had been penetrated so unexpectedly. However, the pain subsided as quickly as it had come. All that remained was the shame and embarrassment. The doctor not only thoroughly examined the walls of my rectum, but also performed a bimanual examination of my uterus and ovaries. The latter (ovaries) in particular are already uncomfortable through the vagina, and painful through the rectum.

A couple of years ago I went in to see my GP to discover that he had left the practice and been replaced by a young junior doctor. This doctor looked at my notes to review my medications and realised that I had not had an annual digital rectal exam as indicated for my prostate med. Next thing I knew I was lying on my side, ass off the side of the table with his finger up my bottom. Nice surprise, but totally unexpected.

Once. I was about 12. Went to the ER for stomach pain. My sister had had her appendix out about a month before, so my parents took me in. Didn't know it was coming. (I hadn't even heard of them before) Fortunately, it was not my appendix (Which I still have) but an extreme case of constipation.