Most Painful Part of your Exam

I think the actual pap smear is the worst. It feels like I am being pinched internally. I definitely do not enjoy it. I'm totally fine with needles even though I am a tough stick. I have learned in the several years to tolerate many things.

Most painful for me has always been the injections I get after the exam itself but I enjoy having a beautiful nurse give me shots in my bottom, no matter how painful. In fact, the more painful they are the greater the thrill. Even if they don't hurt much at the time, I often can't sit on the tender site a few hours after getting them and that engenders exciting reminiscence of how the nurse produced the soreness.

The most painful part of my exam, well, that's easy. There are two things that are painful for me, and one that is very painful for him.

For me the two things that are painful are when he asks me, "so, how much do you really smoke a day?" And the second question is, "Are you taking your birth control pills like you are supposed to be?" Well sine I don't lie to him trust me when I tell you, answering both of those questions is quite painful, lol.

Now during my exam the most painful part for him is when I ask him the following question, "So Doctor, am I fat, a little fat, chubby. Do you think I need to lose weight?"

Trust me when I tell you, that question is very painful for him, lol. And one I ask on purpose every now and again, lol. Yes, I'm bad.

Mashie

Now during my exam the most painful part for him is when I ask him the following question, "So Doctor, am I fat, a little fat, chubby. Do you think I need to lose weight?"

Trust me when I tell you, that question is very painful for him, lol. And one I ask on purpose every now and again, lol. Yes, I'm bad.

Mashie, you naughty naughty nurse lol

When they into her cervix for a sample as a more extensive test. She screamed. Very unhappy that day.

Bimanual

The painful part was the first play doc, when he inserted a finger into my rectum.

It's interesting to see how people hate blood draws. I do too, because most people working as phlebotomists are CLUELESS. They go on fishing expeditions. I've talked to many of them. They're taught completely wrong techniques. It's sad.

I have had terrible experiences with blood draws. One nurse, on trying to find a vein for an IV prior to surgery, told me I had the worst veins she'd seen in 30 years of nursing. I was scared they were going to send me home without the procedure. The lab in the building my GP's office is in is great - they get it first jab every time. One tech told me it's all in how they look for the vein and that most people are trained wrong. Now that I know where the best spot is, I show the tech every time but when I'm at the hospital, they still manage to FUBAR it.

Regular exam for me have never been that bad. I can usually count on breath work to get through the speculum part and the bi-manual. The worst for me was the time I had a colposcopy, its like a exam with speculum. Since they are using scope they have to use a large speculum and some of us arent used to being stretched like that it was horrid. I could not relax but with the doctor telling me to calm and breathe i got through it. Yes it was very uncomfortable especially when your nervous because you have to have this because of abnormal pap smear.

The frickin pap. Ouch. Male docs say, “You may feel some cramping.” Cramping? Uh, no. Female docs say nothing. It’s not cramping, it’s raking tender tissue. So glad “they” finally figured out that it’s basically unnecessary torture but for every three years. I’d like for men to have HPV tests done. If they’d get treated, it would decrease the fatal pollution of cervixes. I understand that the prostate exam is intrusive, but no one is up in there raking pieces of it for a swab in a regular exam. Sheesh, and ick.

There isn't much that is painful per say. The needle stick for blood work can be uncomfortable for just a brief second if you have a bad phlebotomist, but usually it's not that bad. I find the abdomen palpation a bit uncomfortable, especially when the doc is digging deeply.

But, of course, the prostate exam - I had a urologist whose finger felt like a telephone pole. Almost brought me to my toes the first time he had me bent over his exam table. I don't remember if I gasped or not, but I wouldn't have been surprised. He pressed so hard on my prostate, it actually hurt a bit. And it felt like I was going to pee right there. Luckily I didn't pee, and it was over rather quickly. Phew.

For my regular exam, there isn’t really anything which is painful, maybe just a bit uncomfortable. Now the annual mammograms that borders more towards painful.

Bimanual definitely.

Definitely a mammogram!

I had my check yesterday under the NHS screening regime and it was really sore!

Why no one has invented a way of screening without the necessity of squeezing breasts between plates is beyond me! I'm still sore this morning. Mind you it's necessary sore term pain for long term gain!

I've always been kind of anal erotic, but I'm not a fan of the sigmoid scope. Definitely not a comfortable experience!

@Scotsolderfem

Definitely a mammogram!

I had my check yesterday under the NHS screening regime and it was really sore!

Why no one has invented a way of screening without the necessity of squeezing breasts between plates is beyond me! I'm still sore this morning. Mind you it's necessary sore term pain for long term gain!

It must certainly be uncomfortable having your boobs squashed between two plates of a machine. I guess you must hope that the machine stops its pressure before it squashed them completely flat! One of my close female friends has a slightly prominent breast bone and as the machine comes down it rubs uncomfortably against her chest, so she has to put up with that as well as having her boobs squashed. But yes it is worth it for peace of mind or early warning....

Another for the mammogram. As far as routine exams it’s the least comfortable.

For less that routine diagnostic procedures I’d have to go with an endometrial biopsy. Very unpleasant/painful or at least mine were - I’ve had it done twice.

I've always been kind of anal erotic, but I'm not a fan of the sigmoid scope. Definitely not a comfortable experience!

You said a mouthful. It isn't painful and relatively quick but I am not a fan either. The most painful thing I ever had done was an arterial blood draw where he stuck a needle between the tendons in my wrist down to the bone. Man that hurt and I have had lots of procedures.

A bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. When the needle hit the bone I couldn’t believe how bad the pain was. When the hematology fellow drew back on the syringe I felt as if my entire body was being sucked out of the needle. And me with my bare ass there for the lab techs and nurses to see.

As for the gyn exam, I do not find it painful.

I have not yet had a mammogram, nor am I looking forward to one.

About thirteen years ago, I had a colposcopy done. It was not terribly uncomfortable for the first sample, but the anticipation before the second sample made the second one something I would rather not repeat.

On another occasion: laminarias were inserted into the cervical os - those were a great feeling (NOT).

During a twin pregnancy (that did not go well), I had a double amniocentesis - and the first needle delivered a blue dye injection to help the doc differentiate one placenta/amniotic sac and the other. My husband watched and said he nearly passed out - the needles were large bore needles approximately 9” in length. It was excruciating, though I am 98% sure that 110% of the pain was due to the fact that there were problems on board prior to the amnios., so my head was working overtime.

To this day, I am amazed. I never opened my eyes during the procedure. Beforehand, I had researched and knew the idea of what to expect and told the MD not to talk me through the procedure, as that would make me more nervous. So I laid there and closed my eyes, and I envisioned a scene on the beach far away, and sang a song at the top of my lungs.... in my head.

There was one point in which I had breakthrough pain and started screaming at the top of my lungs. I was shaking uncontrollably.

Here is the trippy part.... Both the doctor and my husband told me afterwards that I never moved a muscle, I never made a peep, I seemed very relaxed the entire time and that made it easy for the doctor.

The mind - a crazy thing huh?

I think that I’ve been lucky and never really had anything that was truly painful.

The speculum exam is about as bad as it’s gotten for me. I know I could have had a lot worse but it does hurt a bit because it’s not an area I use and testosterone makes it drier and thinner in there. There’s also the mental thing of being a guy who still has to have it done.

The most painful part is the end when all of the fun is over 😢

For me, mammograms feel very painful.

I love mammeograms for 2 reasons. number one they are important to look for cancer. number 2 the pain from the squeezing of the pictures is exquisite. it just does not last long enough