Doctors and house calls

How many of you think that doctors should start making house calls again? even though i grew up in the 80's and 90's i still think that doctors should start making house calls again. there is one doctors office near me that offers house calls. i want to get into that doctors office because they have female doctors, but there are no openings. i told my mother about the house calls option and she said that if i ever got into that doctors office that i would never be using that feature. i think that house calls can be a good thing, and i reason i say that is because a little over a week before thanksgiving i got sick, i left it go for about a week than i went to the doctors. he told me that i had a sinus infection. i felt like crap and didn't feel like going out in the cold to go to the doctors. that is why i think that house calls are a good thing to bring back.

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House calls are much more expensive from the doctor's point of view and it would attract alot of people who aren't all that sick to have the doctor come over, because it's easier for them; they don't have to give up their tiime to go to the office. I seriously doubt if insurance companies in the US would ever cover that type of service, which means patients would be paying a hefty fee out of pocket.

Doctors in the UK only really make house calls to seriously ill patients these days. I once had a girl friend who suffered stomach pains during the night. Her parents called out the doctor. After a brief examination of her abdomen he explained that he thought it was a gynaecological problem, and advised her to come to his surgery the next day for an internal examination. He felt he had the proper instruments there so could make a better diagnosis. She told me later that it was a very thorough exam.

As a child I can recall the doctor making house calls. I would always have a sense of trepidation when he opened his black bag thinking that somewhere inside that bag was a painful shot waiting for me.

Growing up in the city I recall doctors had "MD" license plates on their cars so that they could double park while making a house call with little concern that a parking ticket would await them when they returned to their car.

I think there should be house calls again due to what some of you all have said previously, i hate going out when i am sick i just want to stay home and in my bed, hate waiting, when you are sick you feel like poo.

I was wondering if anyone has ever had the experience of being examined at home, either by a parent, sibling or had a doctor that made house calls. My mother was a nurse, and up until I was 16 and she left I can remember countless times where she would come to me and examine me. I think she suspected I was sexually active (I was) and was trying to see if she could tell. Also, when I got my first menstrual cramps she had me down to my panties for a stethoscope/abdominal exam to make sure it was really female issues, and not appendicitis. I don't think she was in it for sexual gratification, and I was never given enemas or anything, but I think this was when I started to realize that medical exams (especially a THOROUGH steth exam) were a turn on. She wouldnt come into the doctors office with me, respected my confidentiality, but at least once a month I was given a breast exam, heart and lungs (to see if I was smoking, I suspect), abdomen and vagina on my bed. Always when my little brother wasnt home. And for a mom looking at her daughter's vagina, she was pretty thorough. I think she actually was more thorough than the pediatrician. Anyways, I would love to know if anyone else especially other women were in this situation, and would like to hear any stories about someone other than a doctor doing some type of exam at home. Not that I am into molestation I am definitely not, and don't think I was, but was curious if anyone else has been there. Thanks.

I remember being examined at home by a young-ish neighborhood doctor chap. He wore glasses, he looked a bit stupid. He would close his eyes while auscultating. I remember the anticipation of his arrival, the general discomfort in his presence. And naturally I wonder whether my sexualization of such medical encounters is down to him.

All of the exams I have done with partners have been at home. Only once did I sneak in to a doctor's office to perform a quick check in a real setting on a partner.

I remember, at the age of fourteen, being examined at home by our family doctor. I had developed regular abdominal pain (which would, several years later result in my having to have emergency surgery for a a ruptured appendix, but that's a different story !).

The doctor, a guy in his late-thirties, examined my abdomen and proceeded to pull my shorts down slightly; at first just visually examining my genitals. He then asked my consent to physically examine "down below". I somewhat reluctantly agreed (what 14 year old lad likes having his cock and balls felt up, unless it's by a girl ?!).

He started to squeeze my balls (subsequently performing the old cough and drop test), before moving to my penis.

My being circumcised was something of a novelty for him, I think, as he spent some time closely examining the scar line on my shaft, as well as opening my pee-hole and prodding my frenulum, before returning to the scar line and pushing down (quite forcibly) my shaft skin. That really hurt and I distinctly remember gasping at the searing pain.

He really was a bastard, come to think of it; especially because he recommended that I have my frenulum removed, as according to him it was causing "tightness". Eighteen years later, my frenulum is still here and I have no complaints, but I often look back at that particular examination with a mix of sexual fascination and foreboding !

I did a couple of home exam, as med fet doctor, because my female patient asked me for. It has been very exicting. to one of those I performed a complete phisical exam. the strange was that her husband was waiting in the kitchen and at theend he asked me about his wife's health.

"everything is under control" i replied!

Lasinodoro,

I have to ask. Did the husband know you were a playdoc or did he believe you were a real doc there to examine his wife?

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My best man was very constipated. He told me that and asked me what to do. I told him I had the same problem and the doctor gave me suppositories and fleet enema. I told him that I could give him an enema and a suppository if he wants. I convinced him that only enema helps when you are constipated. In the end he agreed and I gave him an enema. He was completely naked in front of me in the bathroom and it was really embarrasing for him. I enjoyed giving him an enema because I like to exam males. He said that it really hurted him when I was putting the tube in his ass

I lived in a fraternity house from about '77 to '83 and we were very close to the girls in a sorority next door. We often gave each other exams, and sometimes enemas. I found it fun and exciting and I think everyone else did too. I remember being a little embarrassed the first time I had to remove my underpants with sorority girls in the room, but I was so hung over that I survived it. After a while, we all got used to it.

I can remember as a young child being examined at home by the pediatrician, once very late at night or in the wee hours of the morning, clearly a house call for an inner ear infection, I think.

My partner also tells of house calls. He remembers being fascinated by the black leather doctor's bag. He would sneak a peek to "see if there was anything in there for me" and he suspects that's where his medfet may have germinated. He will also readily admit that his mother's tender administration of enemas was the primary causative factor.

The first time I was examined in a play setting was in my home. We don't play here any more, we always go to a hotel.

I hate to tell you DocB, but many large animal veterinarians are now requiring their patients to come to the clinic because that's where all the sophisticated diagnostic equipment resides. Unless one of my horses is actually down or unable to walk, or has serious blood loss, we have to go to him. In colic cases, that's a good thing, riding in a trailer seems to stimulate the bowels, and by the time you get to the vet, the problem is solved.

I did have one small animal vet that made a house call for which I will be forever grateful. I had an 18 year old whippet and I knew the time had come for him to be euthanized. I called the vet and asked when I should bring Gumbo in. The vet said, "That dog has spent so much time here lately, he doesn't need to come back in here to die. I'll come out to you after I close the clinic." That gave me an afternoon to say goodbye to my dear friend in private, and when the vet arrived, we took Gumbo outside under the willow trees where he liked to snooze, and let him go peacefully and with dignity. If only we humans could do that!

Play On!

LadyDoc

This is slightly different from a home examination, but I have experienced several hotel room exams by various real life Doctors. I have been staying at one of the Walt Disney World hotels and have picked up the various crud that floats around in mass at Disney World. It usually starts out as a cold and then turns into a nasty sinus infection or bronchitis. Combined with my asthma, it can be a little rough.

So, I have experienced hotel room physicians, who are available 24/7. They carry a rolling suitcase and are dressed as a regular Disney world guest, no white coats or anything. I guess that Disney doesn't want the other hotel guests to see an MD coming into one of the hotel rooms?

They can (and do) perform complete exams. They carry portable x-rays machines etc. I have experienced complete upper body checkups for the bronchitis/asthma and have received breathing treatments as well. Not quite a house call, but close. Lady Teddy

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That gave me an afternoon to say goodbye to my dear friend in private...

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A very touching story LadyDoc; twas nice that you had that quality time with your friend, and a very caring veterinarian who took care of your family.

Thank you for sharing...

One day when I was about 12 or 13 years old, I had a very bad fever, so my mother had the doctor come home to examine me. The doctor, a woman in her forties, examined me thoroughly to make sure the fever was not a symptom of another disease (food-borne or the like), and afterwards instructed my mother to put me in a cool bath for some time, to make the fever go down.

Since my mother wasn't sure of the procedure, and couldn't take me to the bathroom on her own (I was too weak to move, or do anything to help), the doctor stayed for a couple of hours, and helped my mom. Together, they stripped me and placed me in the bathtub, and then they started filling it with water, after which they just waited by my side until the fever subsided. I can't remember being too embarrassed at the time, because of the fever, but if I had been any better, I'm sure it would have been very embarrassing, being just starting to develop.

Unfortunatly I never experienced this growing up but I wish I had. Would have been so embarassing to be examined in the home setting in front of my parents by a Dr. Maybe even have dad do some follow up exams/inspections after - just to check!

At medical school, my friends, both male and female, practiced doing exams on each other before our tests on the subject. I was a patient and the exam happened in our apartment. It was pretty thourough, including genital and nudity. I liked being examined by medical students like myself.

Wow,cal1082 it's a sexy story,because of the steth part 😉 ...

I myself never had a home exam,exept a steth play exam by my girlfriend...but there is something very exiting in going to doctors office,and when you come in,you see a sexy doctor and a stethoscope on a table...

I once had a home exam with a play doc. He did a full steth and abdominal exam, as well as a gyno exam. He did the exam on the kitchen table at my request. Very big turn on!

I used to get these as a kid. Back then, doctors made house calls. Being sick always sucked, but the stething and stomach palpation rocked, at least in retrospect - I didn't really appreciate those back then.

This is a very cool idea to me. It might happen now that there are some of these specialized drs out there who charge a premium for their services

I think house calls should return. I doubt they ever will.

I am blessed and cursed to live in a small town about 900 people I have called my doctor and told him what was bothering me and believe it or not he has come to my house in the evenings to check in and make sure i am ok. I am grateful he is so kind and considerate to check in and make sure its nothing serious. He did once check in on me and take me to his office with his wife present of course he is always professional.

Nowadays it is all about seeing as many patients in as little time as possible to generate revenue. This was in part caused by insurance companies disallowing or reducing payments for certain procedures. I think DakotaSuz is very lucky that she lives in a small enough town with a doctor that cares enough to do that. The downside is that in small towns sometimes the services you need are not available and you need to go somewhere where you can get them. I grew up in the 50's and mom was a nurse and I don't ever recall a doctor coming to see us even back then.