Alone or Not for your Physical Exam?

Parents always went in with me until I was 18. Haven't had any exams since then!

As a play doc, I like to be alone with the patient. But it depends on the situation, it might involve couples, too.

I've never had someone with me for one of my exams but I've been an observer with one of my friends. We were making jokes the whole time and at one point the doc had to tell us to stop because he was laughing so hard he couldn't examine her.

Until 14, my mother was in the exam room with me.

Nowadays I am alone with the doctor.

My wife always goes.

Even since I reached the age of eleven, I'm always alone before that my caretaker was always with me.

I'm an alone guy.

I've always ever been alone for the exam except on the few occasions as a teenager when my mom wanted to see what was going on in the exam room, it was weird because I Had always had my physicals by myself

It's always just me and the doc who happens to be male. I am seriously considering switching to a female doctor for my next physical.

Since my teenage years its always been me alone with the nurse/doctor (whomever happened to be in the room at that moment). Actually, had my gf with me for a Doctor's visit for the first time. Unfortunately, this visit wasn't really for an exam so it was basically just talking to the Doctor. But I left there imagining what it would have been like to receive a full physical in front of her and whether or not she would have found it erotic to see me examined like that. In fact, that could have been a great way to test the waters about whether she might be into this too (since I'm too chicken to ask).

For real life visits to the doctor, the group physical has already arrived. According to an article in the August 26 2013 issue of Time magazine, 13% of US family medicine practices offer group visits, and these are welcomed by many patients. It may be that in this age of social media and personal data collection on a large scale, people are becoming less concerned about the privacy which has been a traditional feature of the visit to the doctor.

Is anything similar taking place anywhere else in the world, for example in Europe?

My wife will not be alone at her annual exam tomorrow. I will be there as always.

I want to be alone with my physician for exams.

If there were findings that were going to require significant treatment, I would have my husband present to take notes and ask any questions I may have forgotten to ask.

Im alone

Alone with a female doc and nurse 😃

Alone!

I usually take a friend with me to my yearly physical because I have blood work done and I always pass out when I have blood taken. and my doctor has suggested I shouldnt drive afterwords. So usually I take my best friend with me every year. He has the same doctor.

My wife and I go with each other.

Alone definitely

For the most part I have been alone for appointments with my physicians. I prefer it that way. As far as having one of the physicians staff present for any of my exam, I prefer not to have them there. There are a few occasions when I have been toooo ill to drive or an injury makes it a challenge to drive and the only person available is my brother to have taken me in the past. When it has been time for any clothing to be removed my physician has asked my brother to step out, or draws the curtain inside the exam room around himself, the table and I so my brother is not able to see me exposed. The only physicians my brother has taken me to is my GP and orthopaedic surgeon.

Alone always

Always alone.

My wife and I, for the most part, always go with one another when either of us has a medical appointment, providing our schedules allow for it.

Maybe a boyfriend, or a "master". for moral support

I want my Master with me the whole time. He enjoys the examination as much as I do and it kind of feels more humiliating having the Gynae and Him discuss me as if I wasn't in the room

For real I have taken several people with me and whilst it has helped me emotionally, I have always found it embarrassing.

My wife and I always go with each other.

Always alone. I want to savor the moment instead of having someone else ask questions, etc.

I have always been alone. As a child my folks always insisted that my school physicals would be conducted by our family doctor. I do not remember too much about it but I guess the school crossed some kind of line with my brother during a group physical that sent my mother off the deep end. I never went through the degradation of assembly line style physicals conducted at schools, thank god. I heard a few stories. When I was in the 9th grade I started at a new school. I was summoned to the nurses office. There was the school nurse and some unprofessional looking doctor along with some other boys waiting to be called in. I was informed to strip down to my underwear because I was getting a required physical. I explained I saw my doctor about a month before school started. Needless to say they told me it was not on my file and was again (in a more aggressive tone) ordered to undress. I gave them both a mean stare and said "I will talk to my mom. I had a physical. The form was sent. I hate to disappoint you two perverts but this isn't gonna happen. I am outta here." The other semi naked boys just started snickering at the confrontation. Then I heard "If you walk out of here then you can just walk out the front door, mister." I was a young punk so that is just what I did. It was a nice fall day so I just kept on walking. I had to deal with a group physical once for military service. I remember wishing I was a thousand miles away but somehow I managed to get through it. It was worth it because the USAF changed my life for the better. I guess it just was a situation I was not used to.

I currently have no SO. Sometimes, in RL, it would be nice to have someone to share with and to help with questions and support.

In play, I welcome observers to help maximize the exposure factor.