Do you have the rectal thermometer that was used on you as a kid

No I don't..........But I have two very similar ones. I also remember the old Vaseline jars were made of glass and had metal screw tops. I remember laying there on my stomach and hearing the sound the metal top made as it was unscrewed then feeling by buttocks being parted and the cool glass thermometer sliding in my rectum. It did feel good the coolness because when this was being done, I had a fever.

I remember laying there on my stomach and hearing the sound the metal top made as it was unscrewed then feeling by buttocks being parted and the cool glass thermometer sliding in my rectum.

I have those same memories. We were always playing around with everything as kids. We must have broken a dozen thermometers. My mom was a nurse so I assumed she just brought one home from the hospital. I think probably the mercury poisoning had something to do with my enema dementia today.

Yes, I do. When my parents decided to sell the house and we were cleaning out the bathroom closet I saw it the in a box on the shelf and decided to keep it. It had not been used in years. In my parents medicine cabinet they had two digital thermometers on the shelf.

It bought back some many memories. The only thing that should be located with it was a jar of Vaseline. In our house, when you opened the jar of Vaseline you would see a bunch of holes. A gentle reminder of what it was used for.

Unfortunately I don't have the same one - but I do have a very similar. It's a Geratherm glass thermometer. It has the same size, shape and with a metal tip. I would prefer a pear bulb tip. I think it makes the thermometer easier to stay inserted in place.

No, sadly I do not. Even today I miss the feel of the thermometer being inserted by my mother followed by her warm hand resting on my bare bottom

My mom must have tossed the one used on me and my brother. so no I don't have it

I still have my glass rectal thermometer which my mother gave me when I moved out.

No but i think my mom have one of the first mercury rt home

No I wish but I have a couple glass thermometers I brought as a early teen when I was self exploring. They are a good 20-25 years old and still very accurate.

Yes, we do. I don't think mom or dad could even read a glass one now. they have a digital one that came with some Vicks. But they never used the rectal one that my sister and I grew up with. I mean on themselves. That is why the below short was so funny. I have told it before but it is still funny.

We went up there once and we were staying in the guest house. It was me, my sister and her girlfriend. Her girlfriend started feeling sick. Like flu sick. I felt her forehead and she was hot. So I went to the main house and got the only thermometer I could find. I came back and handed it to her and I went and started making dinner. My sister was in the bathroom. Then my sister screams Noooo. I look over and her girlfriend has it under her tongue. I started laughing and told her girlfriend that is a rectal thermometer and the same one we grew up with. She started to gag a little. Then sis and I both started laughing and told her that mom and dad never used it. It was pretty funny.

Then sometime later mom said she had a bunch of boxes we needed to go through and take whatever we wanted. There was a bunch of towels and washcloths. in the toiletries there was that new jar of douche a new can of Pepsodent tooth powder, that thermometer, and other items. We just brought the whole box home.

Yes--it's in one box out of maybe 20 in the rental storage unit. It's been in various stasis/hibernation for near 60 years. Prior to that it was used on me when needed as a infant, toddler, and child age 9 max.

I would like to have the original thermometers from my toddler days. I have been able to collect a few similar vintage rectal thermometers over the years. I bought most of them when Ebay was starting out, long before the greedy sellers took over. The same thermometers that I bought for a few dollars, are being sold for whatever they can get....typically starting at $40-50 dollars. At that price, I don't see them selling much. Most of those thermometers probably ended up in landfills.

Sure wish I did. It was a Taylor “instanta” and came in a pinkish case with a baby blue top. I’d planned on taking it from moms medicine cabinet when she got too old to notice it was missing but when I looked for it it was gone. I’d love to find one like it. Bought a geritherm a few years back but dropped it on a tile floor last night and it broke into a million pieces.

I have the one that was used on me growing up. Also still have the Devol comfy combination bag , and 2 oz.. bulb syringe mom used on me.

In my late mother's storage unit stuff we found a bulbous end mercury thermometer in a black plastic screw case with the name "Faichney USA." I have no recollection - other than at the hospital getting my tonsils out - of having my temperature taken rectally, but it was in with other things I remember from my childhood so I assume it was used when I was very young. It is in our medicine chest now, not used since we have a digital thermometer.

Yes, I still have both the one that was a replacement purchase for the family when I was 4 as well as the one I bought for myself at age 9. They are both Ballo Baby thermometers in the pink case with a clear snap off top. I saved the shelf card that mine came on and I used to like to read the instructions and admire the picture. I wish I hadn't broken the one I had from birth to age 4, but it slipped out of my fingers and onto the bathroom floor...

I do, yeah. It was the first one I played with, and I still have it.

I have a red top that an ex girlfriend/friend used to take her two girls temps with. I inherited it in a box of her junk after she died. Her daughters are now in their mid and late twenties, and I’m still very good friends with them. I can still remember that thermometer in their little pink bottoms like it was yesterday. I have to say I wouldn’t mind checking their temperatures once again just for a stroll down memory lane. So yes I do have an heirloom thermometer, it just was mine.

I’ve also been able to tell that the youngest daughter has an anal fixation by what she posts on Instagram. She knows I follow her too. I have a hunch I’ll be taking her temp again with that same thermometer some day. I believe the chance will likely present itself to me.

I think I know (exactly) how she got her anal fixation. Thank you little BD red top!

As a 19 yo (4 yrs ago) I moved from home and asked my mom for different things I might have, including stuff for being equipped for illnesses. So she gave me the electronic thermometer (look at my pictures) which had several uses on me. You can say it knows some parts of my body in a very good way over years ?? Hope it will not break for very long time ...

No, cause my mom never use to take my temperature rectally as a kid or a teenager.

I still have the rectal thermometer that my Mom used on me when I was a kid and teenager. It's a B-D Asepto mercury in glass thermometer with a pear shaped bulb. I still use it from time to time.

I have two

Actually I have three two that were used at home and one from my old pediatricians office. I don’t use them on others but they are used on me often sometimes by others sometimes by myself it all depends honestly.

Yes. Pear-shaped BD!! It feels lovely.

Yes, I still have the thermometer as well as a red 4 oz bulb and several nozzles from the bags. I do love the vintage equipment

Yes I absolutely have both of the ones from my childhood. One came from my grandmothers house and the other was mine growing up. And yes I still use them on my girls as well as myself. Just because something’s old and out of style doesn’t make it useless. It’s very effective and accurate!

Yes, both the rectal and oral thermometers we got switched to are still at my parents house.

Yes- The plastic container with the flip top cover and all. Just used it the other day. Good things never end. It must be about 60 years old. Does mercury ever go bad?

Yes. It came home from the hospital when I was young

Although the rectal thermometer that was used on me as a kid disappeared years ago, I still have the Trophy Evrmark rectal thermometer that I bought for my own use back when I turned 13. I also still have the thermometer that the hospital used when I had my wisdom teeth removed at 19. It has a blunt bulb and is marked oral, and was used orally during my hospital stay. I use it rectally now, of course.