Taking Temps during a REAL Illness

I just had this experience. I’m sick and I thought I might have a high temp. My stomach has been irritated the last few days. I lubed up the thermometer with some Vaseline, then put myself in diaper position for accuracy, then shoved that thermometer up my butthole. I whimpered a bit and it felt very uncomfortable. After I pulled it out, it got a 102.6° reading inside me. I felt my forehead and it was burning hot. Took some Tylenol, now it’s down to 100.7°. Still not feeling well, god knows when my bf gets home, he’ll feel my forehead too and want to stick the thermometer up my ass to get an accurate reading. He takes good care of me.

Why would it be excessive for an adult to take a rectal temperature?

If you’ve been used to it since childhood, you just see it as a normal way to take your temperature. I find it uncomfortable to take my temperature in my mouth, especially when my nose is stuffy. Besides,

I like the feeling of a thermometer in my butt.

What surprises me is that almost no one here mentions taking a vaginal temperature. I do that every now and then when I’ve been sick for several days.

Allways use my glass mercury thermometer rectaly when ill for accuracy can't be beaten

I always take my temp rectal both in play and when I feel ill.

Been doing that since my 20 something ,when I started to explore my anal pleasure.

Running a high fever can be miserable, but having a sensitive spouse/partner (Moms, too) who know why and how to take a rectal temp can actually make a patient feel safe and cared for, and that helps emotionally during an serious illness.

I wouldn’t have fully realized this until our older daughter, who had just turned 30, was struck hard with COVID-19 and ran a high fever and suffered terrible chills for the first 48 hours. I never had such an experience as a mom. She was anxious, I was too. It hit home when she was lying there in bed at 3am with a thermometer in her behind and a cool washcloth on her forehead, thanking me for taking care of her. A mother-daughter moment that I will always remember.

Be over what edge? You said the keyword…ADULT. You don’t need to manage and monitor your health based on what others may think or subscribe to! You take care of yourself as you choose and deem appropriate.

About a year ago I got pretty sick ( UTI ) I had a 104F fever. Spoke with a RN on a hotline. Told her my temp and that I took it rectally. Her response was it is the most accurate. The infection was dealt with and I got antibiotics for it. And it was not the first time a medical professional who knew I used the rectal temperature method told me it was the best way to do it.

I understand not everyone thinks that way( rectal temperature measurement) . Fine! They too lead their lives and manage their health as they deem appropriate. .

Clearly a rectal temperature is the most accurate so it is a natural choice if one is actually ill.

I definitely take mine rectally. I only otherwise have an infrared thermometer and those aren't really accurate. So I at the very least get on the bed, pull my pants and undies down, and get on my side, and in it goes.

Gives you an accurate read.