Rectal temperature and shots

When I was young, I suffered from terrible ear and throat infections, which in those days were always treated with a big shot of penicillin. The visit to the doctor's office always began with having my pants pulled down for a rectal temperature check, and then -- since I was already in position and properly dressed for it -- a massive injection in the butt. The two experiences are inseparably linked in my mind. I think the rectal temperature was a way to quiet me down and distract me while the hypodermic syringe was being loaded and prepared, but the removal of the glass thermometer was almost always followed by the command to "relax and hold still" for the shot.

I know the doctor always checked my ears and throat -- but as I recall, he did that first, when I came into the office, and then the rectal temperature, and then the shot. If I wasn't sobbing from the sore throat and earache when I came in, I certainly was from the rectal temperature and the shot when I left!

Does anybody else remember a similar linkage in childhood experience?

I remember something similar, and totally know how you feel.

one time they inserting something wierd which later found out to be a suppository as well which, was supose to prevent me from realizing the needle being inserted but oh I felt it.

Thanks for sharing your memory, Nurserotic. They may distract you with their antics, but you still feel the needle going in and the medicine being injected! I still like the feeling, though, and the anticipation of what is to come next!

I have never been distracted. Every time I was to get a shot, I knew it and where it was going.

The best way to distract a patient duing an injeciton is to not try to distract them by using something they know that you are going to stick them, You simply cound to three and put the needle in on the one count instead of three. IT catches the patient off guard and hurts them a lot less.

When i was a little girl of 5 years old, my mom had to give me a shot in the butt, she only said "i am going to give you a littke shot like in the hospital but in your ass" bullshit! ...sorry..( cause thay took me blood in hospital) and before she finishes speaking my dad had me laid down in his legs hard, i didnt cry that time even it hurt me, but the rest of them (9!!!) were horrible..i always tried to be brave but when you are a child, you can not lie.

I've never had a rectal temperature

Never had my temp taken but lot of shots! (rectally i mean!)

Poor baby! Did they hurt or you were just afraid of them? What kind of shot did you receive at that time?

You can take your own rectal temperature - I do it a lot.

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Try this out: On your way home from work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the thermometer section and purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson Be very sure you get this brand. When you get home, lock your doors, draw the curtains and disconnect the phone so you will not be disturbed. Change into very comfortable clothing and sit in your favorite chair. Open the package and remove the thermometer. Now, carefully place it on a table or a surface so that it will not become chipped or broken. Now the fun part begins. Take out the literature from the box and read it carefully. You will notice that in small print there is a statement: 'Every Rectal Thermometer made by J ohnson &Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized. ' Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud five times,'I am so glad I do not work in the thermometer quality control department at Johnson & Johnson.' HAVE A NICE DAY; AND REMEMBER, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE WITH A JOB THAT IS MORE OF A PAIN IN THE ASS THAN YOURS! .........Remember, if you haven't got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart...Then you are just an old sour fart; Maybe you should go and work for Johnson & Johnson!!!!! Keep your life in sync. Check it out.

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I used to get depo (birth control) shots every 3 months when i was in the army and it was always in the ass. Always a female nurse practitioner as well and she wasn't too gentle.

I've always wanted but i've never had a rectal temperature

:-\

I also want to feel this experience, of being nervous and undressed and eventually stick in the ass

I too suffered a lot from chest and throat and ear infections especially before they removed my tonsils. Whether at the doctors rooms or at home part of the exam always included a rectal temperature and usually a shot of penicillin. When I was younger I would usually resist so would be held down for the shot. If it was at home my mother would call on another adult to help hold me. When I got older I realized how embarrassing it was to have others see me get it in my bare bottom so I resigned myself to taking the shots without protest.

When I was child until 13 yo, I had a lot of painful butt injection because I often was sick....I remember the terrible fear I feel when the nurse went into my room with the syringe and said..are you ready....

I used to have sore throat problems and get painful penecillin shots from them sadic nurses.An i loved it...

I've never had a rectal temperature

Once I had a rabies scare because I was bitten by a cat but didn't know if it was sick, and had to receive four shots in my ass. No temp, just the shots, but I couldn't sit for a whole day.

Never had a rectal temp here.

Hello!

rectal temp and shoot in the same day?

mmmmmm

Exactly what I remember, the thermometer with the greasy vaseline inserted first and then the announcement I was to get an injection. Enough to make the blood turn cold as you felt the first prick in your derriere. Sometimes, depending on the meds, you could feel that awful burning sensation at the site which seemed to last for a few days.

I often had a rectal temp and a shot in the same visit, in fact every visit through age 12, but never at the same time. The temp was always the beginning and the shot was always the ending. At my doctor I got temps taken rectally through age 12 and shots in the butt at pretty much every visit. This was when pennicillin was the cure-all.

The temp was always the same procedure, after other vitals were taken I would told to lie on my tummy for my temperature. The word "temperature" still invokes memories of a thermometer in my bottom to this day. I would then climb up on the table, kneel and pull my undies down to my knees, then lay down. The nurse would take a red thermometer out of a large jar, and shake it down in the meantime. She would usually shake it down a few times to get it down enough, and then take a tube of lubricant and apply a small drop on the tip. She would then tell me to "lie still", and spread my bottom wide. Then a very cold and greasy thermometer would be inserted. Within a few seconds the thermometer would warm up, and I would begin to feel very subdued. The nurse would make small talk with my mom while it registered. After 3 long minutes the thermometer would be withdrawn, wiped off and read aloud. She would then tell me I could pull up my undies and the doctor would be in shortly. As I got older, I would try to wait until the nurse left to avoid showing my front parts while I got my undies back up, especially if I had an erection. The nurse would never wipe me, which would always leave me greasy.

The exam would follow, and the doctor would announce his diagnosis, what instructions he had, and a shot of some kind. On some visits where I was there for innoculations, the doctor would still come and listen to my heart and breathing. Then he would ring the bell by the door the number of times for the room I was in and tell the nurse what I needed. My mom made me get my undies down and get back on the table so I could be ready. The nurse would then give me the shot. At age 8 she refused to give me the shot until I relaxed my butt. It took a few tries, but when I finally stayed relaxed, she gave me the shot and it didnt hurt at all. From then on, shots became no big deal. A visit or two after that, I was allowed to stand and lean over the table instead of lay down, which I considered to be the more grown up way, even though it showed everything more. I got shots like this until I moved away from home at 19.

In my childhood, about 4 or 5 years old, i have many thoat infections wthi high fever.

My grandmother take my rectal temperature and if it so high, she gives me a enema and before puts my on a suppositorie.

When the fever is not depressed with the suppositories, the nurse came home and gave me a penicillin injection. My grandmother put me on your legs and held me so that I wouldn't move.

In this time I feel that was a torture, but now I love injections, temperature rectal, suppositories and enemas. I love all them.

Cheers for all, PatientCare

I too as a kid gor penicillin shots in the buttocks from my doctor but now I enjoy getting shots in my buttocks.

Brings back memories. The cold invasiveness of a thick rectal thermometer was soon followed by the searing bee sting-like pain on the left cheek of my butt as the nurse pumped in the antibiotic. Come into the clinic happy as a lark, and leave crying with a sore, throbbing butt and a rectum full of vaseline.

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Brings back memories. The cold invasiveness of a thick rectal thermometer was soon followed by the searing bee sting-like pain on the left cheek of my butt as the nurse pumped in the antibiotic. Come into the clinic happy as a lark, and leave crying with a sore, throbbing butt and a rectum full of vaseline.

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Now see to me, that sounds like a good time had by all, but, only in a play setting lol.

When i was young got tons of rts and shots, in the butt. i just perfer rts now, shots in the arm only.

I can't remember about shots, but definitely for rectal temp. I take that very often at home. Now, nearly every morning my hubby will take my rectal temperature and make sure I behave like a good girl every day. I like how my hubby spread my butt cheeks apart and lube it, inserting the rectal thermometer. Although it has already become an everyday routine, it's still enjoyable to me 😃

I would absolutely love to find a guy who's all feverish & sick laying in bed all pitiful & pouty as I shake down the thermometer & lube it up, knowing that if the reading is over that magic number, he'll be getting those big nasty needles in his bottom....

Mom took me to the doc's when i was 5 for my school shots. i started to cry before the nurse came in with the needle. Mom began to undress me and I cried harder, especially when the door opened and 3 nurses came in to hold me down on the table. they flipped me over, pulled my pants down. one nurse stood at my head and made funny faces to distract me, but I wasn't buying that. I shrieked when the needle pierced my tender bottom and was given the shot, without my consent. Later, my mom bought me an ice cream cone. All was forgiven at that point I think.