Weighing

I never have to take anything off to get weighed

@thephysicalexam232 Is there only one exam room at your doctor's office?

No there is probably about 3. My new primarys office is extremely small.

I usually am just asked to kick off my shoes at the real doctor; I think it could be interesting to have something different, though.

Last year for an insurance medical I had to undress to my underwear for weighing only. I hadn't expected it, since the form of the insurance company clearly left the option open to fill in ‘clothed' and there was no real reason for getting undressed. The only other procedures recorded were height, BP and a urine plus blood sample. Still the whole thing was undressed in underwear.

@medexam Nice experience - I like the sound of the unexpected and unnecessary nature of the strip down to underwear. Would you prefer to be expecting it advance, or happy to be surprised?

Always clothed in real exams.

As a kid I was weighted in just my underwear As each exam room had a scale in it.

When I was a kid, the scale was in an open alcove near the exam rooms. I'd only have to remove my shoes and sometimes socks to be weighed and measured. I liked the feeling of the carpet and metal scale beneath my bare/socked feet and the feeling of the wooden block touching my head when the nurse measured my height.

My parents were always very strict about wearing appropriate clothing in public (no shorts in school, no sandals except at the beach, always wearing shoes except at home) so removing my shoes in what was basically a public space always made my stomach flutter with excitement, even more so than getting undressed in the exam room afterwards.

When I was a kid, the scale was in an open alcove near the exam rooms. I'd only have to remove my shoes and sometimes socks to be weighed and measured. I liked the feeling of the carpet and metal scale beneath my bare/socked feet and the feeling of the wooden block touching my head when the nurse measured my height.

My parents were always very strict about wearing appropriate clothing in public (no shorts in school, no sandals except at the beach, always wearing shoes except at home) so removing my shoes in what was basically a public space always made my stomach flutter with excitement, even more so than getting undressed in the exam room afterwards.

@Renderson I share some of that excitement but for a different reason. I’m surprised that it was about a 50/50 split on having to remove socks or not. Did you have a preference of socks on or off, or did it depend on what the nurse told you? What did the nurse say?

As a kid I was weighted sometimes in my underwear but frequently nude, now in clothes.

I have to use drive on scales unless in the hospital and the bed weighs me , drive on scales are easy take whatever the number is and subtract 500 ( which is what my chair weighs empty) I am about 130 pounds it usually says 135!but they subtract 5 pounds for clothes and diapers .

I have to use drive on scales unless in the hospital and the bed weighs me , drive on scales are easy take whatever the number is and subtract 500 ( which is what my chair weighs empty) I am about 130 pounds it usually says 135!but they subtract 5 pounds for clothes and diapers .

We’re do the same. With the drive on scales. We have a sticker on the chair that has empty weight (398.4) to the tenth of a pound, (+/- what’s been spilled or hidden in it).

The only reason weight might be a concern would be when writing prescriptions(?)

Otherwise, seeing weight changes between visits might nmbe important.

Whatever doctor appointment I go for, weight is taken. I just remove whatever footwear I am wearing. All clothes on

At our WELLNESS EXAM, they weigh you in your clothes! Want to wear steel toe shoes next time and pockets full of lead fishing weights.Get yelled at for my bad BMI rating. 🤪

@Racefan19 It was probably more like 75% socks on/25% socks off. I preferred being barefoot, but I just did whatever the nurse said to do. Depending on the nurse it'd be “kick off your shoes” or “take your shoes and socks off". If socks weren't specified, I'd leave them on.

Yes! Starting in 6th grade my pediatrician weighed me nude, every year through high school.

This was many years ago and it was not unusual for pediatricians to examine you nude, start to finish.

At the end of high school my dad took me to his doctor for my pre-college physical. His doctor was a retired Army doctor weighed me and then examined me nude. But it was my father who told me to take off my boxer shorts even before the doctor came into the room because “you won't need them”.

I later learned that my father was examined nude, also.

I hadn't seen a scale inside an exam room until a very recent appointment. It's always been in the middle of the hallway just a few feet around the corner from the waiting room. So I just set my bag down, kick shoes off (height is measured in the same spot), take coat off if I'm wearing a heavy one, then struggle to pull my shoes back on quick enough to follow the nurse back to the exam room, lol.

@Racefan19 It was probably more like 75% socks on/25% socks off. I preferred being barefoot, but I just did whatever the nurse said to do. Depending on the nurse it'd be “kick off your shoes” or “take your shoes and socks off". If socks weren't specified, I'd leave them on.

@Renderson that makes sense. I find it interesting that it all depended on which nurse you got. I thought that there would be some sort of standard procedure or something like that

Growing up and going to the pediatrician with my brother, the scales were in the hallway. We always had to walk out in the hallway in our underwear to get weighed and have our height checked. As little kids, I don't think if phased us but when puberty came along, I didn't like being exposed like that. I don't recall us ever being weighed completely naked.

Although the idea of being weighed and measured in an exam room wearing nothing but briefs gives me a semi-erection, I've only been weighed more-or-less fully clothed in a hallway.

I typically dress “light” for appointments. In other words, athletic shorts and a t-shirt. I slip out of my shoes and put my wallet/keys/phone in them before stepping on the scale. And I usually just carry my shoes (and all their contents) into the exam room.

Never had to take everything off, when I was weighed getting out of the Navy I took off my steel toes, repeat that for my factory job. Got weighted when meeting my new PCP in November and I had everything on. My steel toed logging boots, several tools in my pockets, and everything else. I'm wondering if she'll make me take my boots off next month.

@rigel my chairs so heavy because I have an extended battery box with a 3 rd battery , if you tap your mobility batteries it voids your warranty , so I get it with the 3 rd so I can have my own private electrical system for radios,computers ,cameras, phones,lights etc . OOP $400 option that pays for itself over the 5 years you have headache free uncomplicated repairs and unlimited power for toys.

@SAP Our chair is about 5 years old - battery wise. We got it upgraded to tilt and elevate a couple years ago when my wife started to show signs of pressure sores - so she can now reposition and redistribute her weight. Medicare covered the cost of the conversion - but wouldn't replace the battery. The battery doesn't hold charge as long anymore (I charge it every night) and a number of times I've had to push and/or assist the chair up the car and house ramps. I may have to pay for a new battery - and maybe should upgrade. If we can make it another three years, we can get a whole new chair (and battery) totally paid for….so we'll see. I'll keep the OOP option in mind!! Thanks.

@Rigel i have full TREE on it , you’ll probably laugh , I never qualified for a manual , I had to buy my own transport manual chair . I have to get new mobility batteries every year , I charge every night but batteries are the completely limiting aspect of wheelchairs , there is newer technology that are smaller lighter and more powerful ,problem is most current chairs can’t use them , because the chair was designed for heavy big batteries put the lighter better ones in and center of gravity changes and they fall over with a strong gust of wind . The chair I’m driving is my 3 rd from this company , (chair #2 didn’t even have 5 miles on it , my dealer delivered it and said “break it in“ poor choice of words I broke it in getting hit by a truck doing 35 MPH , really bad road rash and broken ribs but I am not dead , so I trust this brand of chair , the company started out years ago building seating systems on other manufactures chairs ,they saw chairs coming in to be modified that were complete junk , they literally said we can do better and did by designing and Building there own chairs , I have 2 independent suspensions one on the chair and one on the seating system ( it doesn’t ride like pa’s wagon on “little house“ ) I got this chair Aug 26 21 and have already had to replace the tires , nylon doesn’t wear like rubber and I have 2200 miles on it already . My G/F is still in bed healing from pressure sore , she got last winter /spring .unfortunately the actuators doing your power functions are resource hogs , every time you change function mode or cycle power they draw a lot of power just figuring out where they are ( as in position ) my dealer will not install anything but MK batteries they are the most durable least problematic of sealed AGM .

I've generally been weighed in my street clothes, sometimes in a common hallway outside the exam rooms, sometimes inside the room. I like to cheat a bit and take off any bulky outerwear in both cases. I think I've only gotten weighed in underpants at the pediatrician, when younger.

Last time I was weighed in hospital the machine was in the corridor so no shoes and light clothing!

I'm going to assume the last time I got weighed at the doctor (this past year), the nurse who did it was smart enough to deduct five pounds since I had on my heavy winter shoes, coat and sweater.