Physical examination souvenirs

I'm just curious if there's anyone else out there who attempts to collect something from the exam room after their physical is completed, just to have a souvenier of the experience.

for me, it's the gloves that the doc uses during my exam. after the exam is over, most of my docs have left the exam room to give me some time to get dressed. it's then that I try and retrieve the gloves that the doc used for my hernia exam (not the rectal exam) from the trash can. now, before you go thinking that i'm digging through medical waste, you must know that I only try to get them if he has placed them in the regular trash can - and not in the medical waste can. also, if the gloves aren't sitting on top, i'm not going to dig for them. don't want anyone to think that I would run the risk of infection or worse, just to have something physical to recall the experience.

i'm curious if anyone else has the same thoughts or similar practice. I've had many a j/o session looking at the gloves and thinking about how they were last used.

I'm going to contain myself and simply say that going into the garbage is gross.

I don't collect physical souvenirs, but I DO make a point of getting clinical notes for any intimate exam or procedure. They help me remember details, and they can be quite erotic on their own - helps you see your own body from outside yourself, if that makes sense.

I don't even know what to say to this. Lol. I have not taken any souvenirs home from a physical. Well that's not true, I have taken my doctor home after a physical and I didn't have to dig through the trash to get him, lol.

Mashie

That's true - she didn't have to dig through the garbage to get me. LOL

Doc

Took a still wrapped plastic speculum from a drawer in my GP’s exam room. Used it for play later with the Mrs

Took a still wrapped plastic speculum from a drawer in my GP’s exam room. Used it for play later with the Mrs

That would be stealing!

That would be stealing!

I absolutely agree.

WHY are people advertizing that they are thieves, stealing things or wanting to steal things from doctor's offices??

I've never gone through the trash, I agree that would be gross. Once something touches that container, even if it was just used on you, it's now contaminated and I wouldn't want to go near it.

However, in the very distant past (20+ years ago), I was known to sometimes take a pair of clean exam gloves. I'd take them home and use them to "relive" the exam experience. I don't do that anymore.

Haven't taken any souvenirs but have taken pictures of a box of exam gloves then found them online and ordered some for myself.

it's then that I try and retrieve the gloves that the doc used for my hernia exam (not the rectal exam) from the trash can.

Don't they throw the tissue they give you to wipe the KY off your butt after a DRE in the regular trash?? That would be a great souvenir - especially if it's not yours!!!

Don't they throw the tissue they give you to wipe the KY off your butt after a DRE in the regular trash?? That would be a great souvenir - especially if it's not yours!!!

Now THAT'S really gross!

Don't they throw the tissue they give you to wipe the KY off your butt after a DRE in the regular trash?? That would be a great souvenir - especially if it's not yours!!!

YES, they do.

It is not legally medical waste unless it is dripping with body fluids.

That would be a great souvenir - especially if it's not yours!!!

😮 ....erm....I have to agree - I find that a bit gross.....

I have a patient that saves the needles ( capped of course) that I stuck her with during her examination. They are her ‘booster’ shots.

I have a patient that saves the needles ( capped of course) that I stuck her with during her examination. They are her ‘booster’ shots.

That is such a BAD idea.

That is the worst idea I have heard in a long time. Part of my job here is to make sure people play safe and are responsible. Letting your patient, play or not take home dirty needles isn't safe play. Be responsible for christ sake. Shame shame shame. Please don't let her do that again.

Mashie

Hi,

I'd love to keep the Stethoscope the Doc used to listen to my heart and lungs during my exam ;-)

But so far, it hasn't been possible yet.

And I think, even if I managed to steal it, she will know who it was ;-)

So, I didn't take anything ...

But I aquired (nearly) all Stethoscope types I ever encountered during my auscultations !!! This at least allowed the illusion of being stethed with his or her sthethoscope when I steth myself or when a friend stethes me.

If I was a woman, I'd like to have the speculum he or she inserted into my pussy ;-)

I really think it is unsafe and unsanitary to take home anything used during the exam. However, my wife is notorious for taking home things like band-aids and cotton balls they leave out. Of course these are unused and more like "free samples" as she claims.

The only souvenirs I ever took home from a doctors office was either a sore butt from a shot, or a lollipop!

I once saw a show where this crazy lady would pretty much steal anything not tied down in her doctors office! Bandaids, tongue depressors, gloves, you name it, she swiped it. I think it was a show about being a tight wad. She figured her insurance would cover it or something stupid. She even bought someone’s old CPAP machine at a yard sale, even though she hadn’t been diagnosed with sleep apnea officially. She reused the mask and used duct tape to cover the cushion part when it tore. There was more but I don’t remember it all, other than I thought she was stupid using someone’s CPAP machine because the settings I use on mine may not be what you need for yours, for example.

Okay. Fess up. Which of you was it... 😎

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Medical-Supplies-Stolen-Lankenau-Hospital-Theft-Suspects-Wynnewood-Lower-Merion-509034651.html

Saving needles from an exam. That is insane if not just stupid. Crazy thing to do fetish or no fetish.