Have you ever had a surprise rectal examination?

@CassieST

Yes, it is quite normal that the first visit to the gynecologist is examined like this! Girls who are still virgins are examined in the anus. If the girls then had sex, a vaginal examination is performed.

I was there with my girlfriend at her first visit to the gynecologist to support her. Since she was still a virgin, the doctor examined her rectally. It was a surprise for her as she didn't know it was going to be done! She got a little startled when the doctor touched her anus. Then she was told "this can be a little uncomfortable now!". Then the doctor inserted his finger deep inside her and I could see how uncomfortable she was!

@CassieST "It was an odd sensation since I've never had anything inserted there."

Not even a thermometer?

I understand your surprise. As I said earlier on this forum, I was given a digital rectal exam when I was a kid, for appendicitis diagnosis. So far, the only things that had been up there were glass thermometers, suppositories, mom's fingertip (not deep) to push the suppositories, and my fingertips, and I had noticed it was difficult to insert them. I had never imagined it was possible to insert a finger deep and easily, which was made possible by lubricant, rubber glove and position.

@CassieST "It was an odd sensation since I've never had anything inserted there."

Not even a thermometer?

I understand your surprise. As I said earlier on this forum, I was given a digital rectal exam when I was a kid, for appendicitis diagnosis. So far, the only things that had been up there were glass thermometers, suppositories, mom's fingertip (not deep) to push the suppositories, and my fingertips, and I had noticed it was difficult to insert them. I had never imagined it was possible to insert a finger deep and easily, which was made possible by lubricant, rubber glove and position.

No rectal temperatures in my recollection. Never had appendicitis either.

Was at the age of 10. My sister took me to the doctor, but no one told me about the purpose and method of the examination. My sister was 18 years old and she most likely knew what they would do to me. There were several pediatric surgeons, but the sister asked for a woman. I was not afraid, because I thought that they would feel my stomach again. The doctor first talked to me, and then told me to strip me down to my underpants. I was a little embarrassed because there were three girls in the office, a doctor, my sister and a nurse. At first, she actually felt her stomach. Then she told me to go to the table. I thought they would put me on my stomach. But the nurse put me on my knees and elbows, and then lowered my panties to my knees. Surprised, I tried to straighten my back, but the nurse pushed hard, forcing me to arch my back. She slipped one hand between her legs and patted between them and forced her legs apart. When the doctor came up, she stretched my buttocks and I felt like they were sticking a finger into me. I began to pinch and cry from shame, and they thought it hurt. The doctor ordered further examinations for me.

@Corn_Flower @Tom-clt

Is an STD exam something you request or does a doctor recommend one? I’ve never had one or discussed STD’s with anyone. Is it good to get one every year?

STD exams were something you had to have here in British Columbia before getting married @GraceT . No longer required. It was to make sure you or your new partner were sexually uninfected.

If you are playing with different partners it is always good to get an STD check frequently. Just to be safe.

I have done this every time I have started a new relationship, and appreciate my prospective new partner doing the same.

Most doctors here will give you a lab requisition without question. Just a simple blood test.

I had one. My first exam as an adult was when I was over 40, and I had not really been to see a doctor since I was 16, so I had no clue what to expect. I would not have even gone then, but my fiancée scheduled me to see her doctor before the wedding (she said wanted to make sure she wasn't buying a lemon).

I should have had a clue. When the nurse taking my medical history asked whether I had a family history of prostate cancer, my fiancée was quick to answer yes (I do, she wasn't being mean!, after which the nurse went into a cabinet for out a tube of something (it turned out to be lube) and said "Well, I guess we will be needing this."

At the risk of sounding stupid, I didn't understand what was going on. I figured it out a few minutes later when the doctor asked me to turn around, bend over the exam table, and drop my shorts.

I had been told before I agreed to go to that appointment that nudity was not required for routine annual exams anymore. I don't know if I would agreed to go otherwise. Apparently I didn't handle it well. My fiancée told me later that I blushed so cute and kept stammering why?

When in my single-digit years I was at the doctors when my mom mentioned that I had been scratching a lot 'back there' lately. The doctor had me take off my underwear, turn around and spread my feet apart then bend over. He then spread my butt cheeks apart, took a long look and then got some goo on his finger and slide his finger right up the rear hatch. I knew thermometers fit up there but not a grown -ups finger. Hmm...

I went to a primary I hadn't seen before because I had a bad hemorrhoid. But it was external. In the appointment we talked about standard management of 'roids - I was using tucks pads, sitz baths, etc. He said I was doing everything right, but that he should take a look. Since it was external I thought "taking a look" would literally be just that. Nope. He needed to check internally. It wasn't too sore at this point, so getting some free ass play from a hot older doc was kinda nice...

I went to the urologist because I had symptoms of a urinary tract infection, in fact after a rectal exam on the prostate, I was diagnosed with prostatitis.

I had just moved and decided to go to the family medicine residency here.

I was called back and discovered even before I had gotten to the room my doc was a woman.

After the abdominal, she produced a sheet, and told me to finish stripping, and she would return

Within five minutes, she, and her nurse reappear.

After the KOFF KOFF I hear the dreaded alllllllmost done

Yep, my first female finger

Happened to me during what I had thought would be quick per-employment physical in my mid 20s. The exam was arranged by the company and the doc seemed to only a bit older than me. Towards the end of the exam he instructed me to stand up and remove my underwear. He then said he was going to examine my penis & testicles and check for a hernia. We will do a rectal exam and then you will done. Total surprise to me, I surmised afterwards that being relatively new from Med School he was giving me a textbook physical exam.

Happened to me during what I had thought would be quick per-employment physical in my mid 20s. The exam was arranged by the company and the doc seemed to only a bit older than me. Towards the end of the exam he instructed me to stand up and remove my underwear. He then said he was going to examine my penis & testicles and check for a hernia. We will do a rectal exam and then you will done. Total surprise to me, I surmised afterwards that being relatively new from Med School he was giving me a textbook physical exam.