First Medical Instrument you Bought?

When you decided to take the plunge into the medfet world, what was the first thing you bought?

Rectal thermometer.

Girlfriend’s first was a magnifying glass with a built in exam light, battery operated.

Plastic, glow in the dark speculum from Spencer's circa 1996.

Wish I still had it.

Back in the mid 90s, I went to a store that sold nurses’ attire and supplies and bought a stethoscope, sphygmomanometer, and reflex hammer.

Bought a stethoscope from a local Walgreens and it snow balled from there.

My full EMT bag. I have my own fully stocked EMT bag In my Jeep. You never know when your out and need to use it. At least I can start and then when rescue gets there they can take over for transport.

I can't remember exactly which of the medical instruments it was I bought, but it was certainly second hand and bought at a flea market. It was probably one or another anoscope or instrument used for an insertion into the body anally.

I also bought several old clyster syringes/pumps in metal and glass prior to that, but do these count as being medical?

Medium size metal Cuscoe speculum

A glorious yellow glass Mercury thermometer, which spent much of its lifetime in my bottom!

A 5cc glass/metal syringe and some needles for it.

My favorite thing! A speculum, of course!!

A stethoscope for school

Gloves. I kept buying individual pairs for surgical gloves every now and then in the pharmacy to play on my own. When I first met someone who was interested in trying to play together I bought a very simple stethoscope.

My first medical instrument was an stethoscope. the only medfet thing I love

It wasn't anything for myself. It was for a friend I had in 2006-7. She had cystic fibrosis, and because of the immune sensitivity and lung difficulties this causes, she needed to wear masks in public. And she modeled them on her deviantART site, which is here: https://www.deviantart.com/spirit-of-kina/gallery/8794413/old-modeling

So, at some point, I bought her a box of black cone masks with two yellow rubber bands. I can't even remember which brand, because there are products coming and going in the personal protective equipment (PPE) industry. I think either Gersson or Wilson.

Cheap stethoscope and exam table.

The first medical instrument I purchased was a Faultless 2 qt. Combination Syringe and used it for several years until I purchased a Rexall Vlictoria Combination 2 qt Syringe. Still using the Victoria have several more of them (5 total).

Thermometers

Rectal thermometer. After that, combination enema bag.

All the stainless tools from an operating room they filled a 3 foot box and weighted 100 pounds

Some plastic speculums, some latex gloves, and a tube of lubricating gel. You can see where my interest lay!

Stethoscope. In fact, the very first thing I ever purchased when I got my own debit card at 18 - was a sprague stethoscope! I’d just been itching to own one for so long...couldn’t wait anymore. 😉

Walgreens glass rectal thermometer, and a jar of Vaseline.

If you do not count a Enema , My first thing was a set of St.St. sounds £11.00. From a supplier in Reading. Went and collected them. Great fun using them..

The first medical instrument that I bought was a black steth when I was sixteen... It was kind of a funny experience, because when I went to pay, a guy I knew from my school was standing at the cash register giving me a weird yet surprised look. Before he could ask any questions, I casually told the guy to wrap it in some gift paper so it would seem as if it wasn't for me. Hum- awkward!

Not sure I knew I was taking a plunge into the medfet world, but definitely my first purchase was a rectal thermometer.

That said, I was already accustomed to using a thermometer at home, and had been gifted a steth by my dad when I was young, plus we had a couple of syringes around, so I had a running start for my early years of playing. ;-)

Stethoscope! As a matter of fact, I've given away so many stethoscopes to different local providers I used to play with. I'm on a hiatus at the moment, looking forward to start back up. I've got an unopened box of pink stethoscope ready to give to one lucky female doctor / nurse 😃

Probably the first bag I got to start my ever growing enema kit. If that counts.

Stethoscope. I was a first year med student

The first thing I bought was 12 14fr Foley catheters off eBay. Bought them about 12-14 years ago and have enjoyed them since. I have moved up in sizes in the past few years. I can currently take a 20fr Foley catheter. I am hoping to increase that size one day soon.