Common phrases by the doctor

What phrases do you remember that the doctor used to calm you down during a medical visit.

an example like this: "don't look at the injection and don't worry, the nurse is very good at it"

During the genital and hernia exam, the pediatrician often commented that she knew this was every guy's favorite part of the exam. She said that we knew each other well enough when she took the gown from me prior to the exam. She also mentioned that she was the doctor for several members of my karate class and that we all received the same treatment as I stood naked while she examined my genitals. I was highly embarrassed at the time, but now I become aroused thinking about those comments.

My pediatrician never said anything of the sort. He spoke in a very manner-of-fact tone, and always acted professional. He was a man of a few words during my exams and didn’t talk me through it. He just went through the motions. My doctor I see now, she talks me through everything which I like a lot better because it does help me feel calm and more relaxed.

I just remember the pediatrician taking my temperature saying "just relax it will be over in no time "

Our very first pediatrician was a very sweet man. Sadly he passed away when I had turned 11. He just had a very calming manner about him whether taking my temp or giving a shot so that you just didn't cause a fuss. He also gave us great lollipops.

Our next doctor was a total opposite. I thought he was indeed mean and had no patience for developing teens. When I registered some hesitation to undress fully for his exam, he commented, "Of course your underpants have to come off. This is a physical exam!." I couldn't wait to get another doctor 2 years later.

I am sure there is no one phrase that help you feel less nervous or anxious. For me, the ability to make eye contact, speak reassuringly, joke a bit, and realize that the exam process often gets patient's anxious. Informing me as you press your finger into and up my rectum is an absolute necessity. I don't much need to hear, "Relax," as much as, "Ready?"

As for a shot, just be upfront and get it over with!

You don't need to be ashamed of anything

"This might be a little bit uncomfortable but this is all it is ' As she shows me the q-tip she is about stick up my ass to do an anal swab.

No more than two drinks a day.

(Yeah, sure!)

You're going to feel a bit of a stick.

At my pediateician it was, after being told to take my briefs off for the hernia check and walk naked from one wall to another, "ok, hop back up on the table and lay face down on your stomach so I can take your temperature and examine your rectum. This won't hurt, just relax." Words that turned me on for life. Did anyone else hear those at the pediatrician?

At my last physical, just as the doctor placed the cold, slimy pad of his lubed finger on my anus and started to push he said, "This might be a bit on the uncomfortable side." I must say, that did little to make that ordeal any better.

A school doctor who examined me a few times used to talk whilst he was checking my genitals. He would lower my underpants and say something like “let me just have a quick check that everything is all fine down here.” He would keep talking as he retracted my foreskin, reassure me things were fine as he examined my testicles and did the hernia check. He would tell me to pull my underpants up and say “that wasn’t so bad was it? All done.”

Time to check the underwear.

When I entered my Pediatricians office he would say go with the nurse now, and to the nurse he would say something like lets get him ready ! Everything off, even his socks !

Recent visits to a GI specialist, I hear this each time- “I’ll insert my finger now” followed by a DRE, then “I’ll insert this now” as he holds up an anal speculum for me to see.

They don’t really calm me down but I like that he calmly tells me what’s happening next. Laying there bare bottom and exposed in the cold quiet exam room is unsettling but his voice is soothing.

When I was taken to the doctor as a kid a common phrase to my parents was "Can you strip him down to his underpants only for me please?".

I remember the last exam at the urologist, he told me twice: don’t scare ("nicht erschrecken" in German) before starting the penile exam and the digital rectal exam.

When I first entered the exam room the nurse would usually say something like “please take off everything except your underwear”. Also when the doctor was about to pull down my underwear for the genital exam he would say “please lift up your hips”.

“You can pop them off there”