Rectal temperatures | Have You Ever Been Demonstrat…

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Have you ever been demonstrated on. I was as a young boy of 5 or 6.I recall that I was not even sick when I was called into my parents bedroom. Mom and Dad were sitting on their bed. I was told to lay down on the bed on my stomach. After I was told to "lift-up" my shorts and underpants were pulled down, exposing my bottom. I lay there confused as I watched Mom take out a jar of petroleum jelly and the white thermometer case."You have to shake it down first" she told my Dad, and did so with hard snaps of her wrist. "Then you lubricate it." she explained as she dipped the thermometer into the jar." watch closely" she said as her thumb and fingers parted my buttocks. "Insert it gently and slowly" she lectured as the cold rectal thermometer entered my anus and slid up my tingling rectum. "Keep it in for at least three minutes." she instructed as she checked her watch. After the time was reached, the rectal thermometer was pulled from my bottom, cleaned and handed to my Dad. I lay there for another temperature taking, this time from dad under Mom's watchful eye.

"Good job" she praised when he was finished. My underpants and shorts were replaced. "Good boy, Tommy-now go outside and play" I was told.

Has this happened to any of you?

JJM

I've been demonstrated on, in a teaching hospital, when I visited the orthopedic surgeon, and neurologist, with a student observing the question/answer format. Never with rectal temps., or other procedures.

Vicki V

There were times when I was in the hospital after the accident when there were several nurses in training crowded around my bed and discussing various procedures. The most memorable was when I needed to have a flatus tube inserted in my rear end and taped in place to relieve gas because I was painfully bloated after surgery. The tube went down the side of my bed into a bag of water, which bubbled when gas was released. After that fun episode, with all eyes on the bag with the bubbly water, I figured there was not much more they could do to me, so I just tried to relax and lose my inhibitions.

chamberson

Several years ago I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. I had surgery to remove part of my ear, some muscle tissue in my neck and lymph nodes in the areas. I now have an annual full body review by my dermatologist. He is the chief of Dermatology at a large tertiary hospital. About two or three years ago he asked me if I would mind an observation by a resident and a medical student. I said I had no objection and then in walked a beautiful young female resident followed by an equally beautiful young female med student. While I had on a gown when they walked in, there came a point where I had to drop it and stand naked while he described what he was looking for around the upper thighs, buttocks and groin. Sort of a demonstration, certainly an observation. I'll probably never forget it.