The last time you were auscultated?

A few weeks back I was called in by my GP surgery for a routine BP check, the nurse was a little concerned by the pulse pressure on the reading and referred me to one of the doctors who happened to be a young female attached to the surgery temporarily, she confirmed the pulse pressure reading and said “I’ll need to listen to your heart”, hearing those words made my heart race and my balls to “tingle”.

Finally got to film the follow up scene for my sisters short film this evening. It's been postponed 3 times previously. Her friend Cherry and then her work colleague Helen were supposed to be playing my Doctor originally but both had to cancel at the last minute. They're both attractive so I was quite gutted. Anyway my sister called me yesterday evening and asked if I could come round tonight as she had someone else who could play the Doctor so I said yes. I arrived at her house with a mixture of nerves and excitement wondering who it was. I was hoping she had got Helen. When I got to her house she was there in the living room with her boyfriend Ben, her friend Sasha (also very pretty) and her boyfriends Dad Gordon. She said. She said Ben would have a small part as a patient. Sasha would be the receptionist. And Gordon was playing the Doctor. Oh. OK Great I said. Trying not to hide my disappointment. We got round to filming the scene. We again used my sisters spare room which she had set up like a Doctors office. I signed in with Sasha, told her I had an appointment and she told me to take a seat outside and that the Doctor would be with me shortly. A few moments later the door opened and Ben came out followed by Gordon who was wearing a white polo shirt, brown chinos and black shoes. He was holding a stethoscope in his hands. He said to Ben if you have any more issues come back and see me and then put the stethoscope around his neck. Gordon then turned to me and said Steve? I nodded. Your up. Come on in. I followed Gordon into the room and he told me to take a seat. He said right so it looks like you've been referred to me for a heart check up by your Doctor. We had a quick discussion about my health and lifestyle and he then told me to have a seat on the exam table. He then came over and said OK first things first I just want to have a listen to your heart. He had me take my shirt off and listened to my heart, both breathing normally and then taking deep breaths. He then said he needed to listen to my lungs and moved round the back of me. Again I had to breathe normally and then take some deep breaths. After this he had me lie down on my back. He again listened to my heart as I was lay down. I then had to roll onto my side and he listened to my heart from behind. All good he said. He then told me to stand up which I did. He told me to put my hands on my head and again put the stethoscope on my heart. OK he said I know want you to do some squats for me, keeping your hands on your head. As I squatted he squatted with me all the while keeping the stethoscope on my heart. I did 10 squats and he then said OK lie back down on the bed. He then put on a pair of gloves and came back over to me. He palpated my abdomen asking if I had any discomfort or pain.He again then listened to my heart, chest and stomach with his stethoscope As he was doing this there was a knock on the door. Come in he said. The door opened and Sasha came in with a mug in her hand. I've brought you a coffee Doctor she said. Oh thank you just put it on my desk he said all the while continuing to listen to my stomach. After this he told me to sit back up and put my shirt back on then went through the results of my exam with me. Once we finished we watched the scene back to make sure we were all happy with it. At the start of the video were two similar scenes they had filmed before I had arrived. Both had Ben as the patient being given a check up [eyes, ears, nose throat, and having his heart and lungs listened to) One was with Gordon as his Doctor and the other with Sasha as his Doctor. They apparently had decided from these that Gordon would make the better Doctor

I was stethed last week at the doctors. They are trying to establish what keeps making me short of breath. So I received a relatively thorough stething from the doctor. I have a follow up appointment with the nurse today who is going to do an ecg and also more tests. Hopefully I'll get another stething later

About 3 month ago at the doctor's office

The last time I had someone listen to me was a couple of years ago. Someone I knew checked me up. Now that I think about it, I haven't had a doctor auscultate me in maybe 7-8 years, wow!

At my wellness visit in August 2024. My dr said my heart sounds great.

Very unsatisfying because it’s been a long time since my heart was appreciated by a fellow cardiophile

The last time I was auscultated was over 2 years ago, when I had a periodic medical examination at my university. I was disappointed because she only put her stethoscope on my back in 3 or 4 places. She then took my blood pressure and told me to get dressed.

Too long ago 😞

At my last annual exam this past March.

Last auscultation was last summer and the next will be done next week, hopefully when I see my doc... 😃

Last night my wife stethed me, during playdoctor session. Usually she plays the role of the patient, but last night she wanted to be a doctor. It was very beautiful and exciting

Lucky you... 😃

I guess, both of your hearts are pounding nicely at those sessions!

I think the last time I was stethed by a doctor was at my annual physical in November. I’ve seen my doctor twice since for other issues but haven’t been stethed. 🥺😂 He did however recheck my blood pressure manually both times because it’s always elevated when I first get there!

Last time was today, by a med student, i was low key intrigued by the idea of switching roles If your doctor is the opposite sex as you. does anyone else have that thought too?

I would also like to listen to my female doctor

Recently, I've been listening to myself, and the doctor hasn't listened to me for six months.

My wife listened to me last night

About a week ago (my husband). Last time by a doctor, maybe six months ago.

November last year during my well visit check.

Last monday

This past Wednesday by a lovely young nurse practitioner, but unfortunately she listened over my shirt and didn't ask me to take off my shirt.

@steth I guess this lovely young lady listened to a nicely pounding heart at this time!

Last Tuesday

Not the way I'd have wanted it, but I've ended up being stethed quite a lot today. I had chest pain amd dizziness so went to the doctor. She stethed me very thoroughly and did other tests before sending me to the hospital where I was stethed by two different doctors and had plenty of other tests done too.

We filmed another scene of my sisters short film yesterday. My character has a heart condition and the scene we did was of me going to the Doctor for a check up. My Mum again was the Doctor. My sister had got a Littmann stethoscope this time which she borrowed from her friends Mum who's a nurse. My Mum took my pulse in my arms and neck then took my blood pressure manually. After this she did a thorough heart and lung examination with the stethoscope whilst I was sat down and then stood up.

Yesterday, I was told at work that I needed to undergo a medical check-up today. It was completely unexpected. I have no problem with that—at least not until it comes to the heart auscultation.

I arrived at the health center and went through all the check-ups one by one, and in the end, I reached the three most stressful parts for me: the ECG, blood pressure measurement, and heart auscultation.

The ECG went relatively well. I lay down, the nurse placed the electrodes on my chest, and it was over quickly. My heart rate was a bit elevated, but she didn’t say anything. What mattered most to me was that there were no skipped beats. Since the ECG was done by a nurse, she didn’t comment on anything.

Then I waited to see the general practitioner, who would review all my test results and measure my blood pressure. I was trying to calm myself before going in. My heart was definitely beating faster than usual—not because I was scared, but it was just racing. I’d estimate it was around 100 bpm. When they called my name, my heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. I could feel it pounding in my chest, neck, and even in my ears.

I sat down in front of the doctor. She was an older woman, but polite. She started going through my results and eventually got to the ECG.

“Aha, here’s the ECG... the heart rate is a bit fast here,” she said.

I explained that this only happens when I’m at the doctor’s office—not in everyday situations. She didn’t comment much further.

She then took the cuff and placed it on my arm.

“Let’s check your blood pressure. Put your arm here.”

I felt awkward because my heart was seriously pounding like crazy, so I repeated a few times that my heart is fine otherwise. She didn’t respond.

She inflated the cuff and placed the stethoscope on my arm. There was a short pause—around 6 or 7 seconds. During that pause, I could feel just how strongly my heart was beating, especially through the pulse in my arm. The cuff made it really noticeable. It was beating very fast and hard.

“Oof, what’s this... your systolic is over a hundred and something... oof, I don’t even want to write this in your file,” she said.

I smiled to ease the situation and repeated that I’m fine, just anxious during check-ups.

“Alright, lift your shirt so I can listen to your heart a bit.”

My heart was still pounding like crazy inside my chest—I couldn’t calm it down at all. She placed the stethoscope right under my left nipple, on the apical pulse, but didn’t keep it there for long. After 5–6 seconds, she said:

“Terrible, this is useless...”

I asked if the ECG was okay, and she replied:

“Yes, it is, but your heart is beating extremely fast, it is hammering inside your chest”.

I explained again that I don’t have any symptoms otherwise, but my pulse shoots up at the doctor’s office. In the end, she believed me. She said that if that’s how my body reacts normally, then my heart is fine. She didn’t mention tachycardia like some other doctors have before, so everything turned out okay.

Later, when I glanced at my medical file, I saw that she wrote 140/90 for my blood pressure and 100 bpm for my heart rate, even though both of them felt much higher in reality. I guess she wanted to keep it within a reasonable range in the report, which I honestly appreciated.

Wow! What a great experience! I would say it was a very exciting situation!

It was my doctor back when I had a severe bout of insomnia in December of 2024 I believe. Or maybe it was slightly before when I had started to grow extremely anxious and wanted to do bloodwork. Either way he checked if there was anything else wrong with my body but he didn't find anything wrong. I was laying on the table and while he was taking my blood pressure, he asked if I played any sports. I replied, no, I just walk quite a bit, a few kilometers a day. He said that my heart and blood pressure were really good. At least that reassured me because I was under so much stress that my hypochondria was cranked up to eleven and I believed I was developing a deadly autoimmune condition.