Disliking RT's as a kid

@Elie

Liked your post. I guess if recently at your age you’ve had rectal temperatures taken then it would be as they say “old hat”. Good luck!

It depended on who was taking my rectal temperature whether I minded having it done or not. There were nurses at the children's clinic that were complete opposites when it came to taking temperatures in your butt or giving shots. One nurse was terrible at taking my rectal temperature. She plunged it real fast in your rectum like she was throwing a dart or something. When it came to giving a shot, this was desirable because you didn't feel the needle. The other younger nurse stuck the thermometer in slow, and it was gentle. But she also stuck the needle in slow giving shots and it felt like being impaled.

I guess I didn't mind it, except for the part of staying still. That part bothered me.

If I was a teen and went to doc appt I would have said yes rectal temp.....if the nurse said take everything off except underwear 🩲....I would take everything off including underwear....I’m sure the nurse wouldn’t mind....and I’m sure parents wouldn’t mind either....then when nurse comes back and sees me on exam table sitting naked I’m sure she will give a huge smile lol....so the conversation will go like this.....

nurse: ok I will be doing ur vitals and typing down family history....ok mom tell ur daughter to take off everything instead of undies and sit on exam table...

teen patient: um nurse is it ok if I can take off my panties too??? Ur going to take my temperature in my butt anyways right?? Might as well take everything off since doc is gonna check everything anyways....

nurse: actually you are very right....if you want to be nude for the exam you can and also ur mother is here with you so it wouldn’t be a problem for the doctor...

teen patient: ok great thank u nurse!!!....

parent: wow Look at u!!! You actually complied and makes thing easier for the nurse and doctor to do their job!! I’m very proud of you!!! Now hop off exam table and slide off your panties.....

teen patient: ok mom but I must warn you I have pubes on my private so don’t be so shocked lol....

parent: I won’t I’ve seen it all lol.....

knocks door

nurse: ok I see your ready....now roll over and lay down on your stomach and spread your legs alittle wider for me please....

teen patient: ok nurse....

nurse: alright you might feel alittle pressure going inside....alright your ready??? I’m going to part open your cheeks now and insert thermometer....it’s ok just relax it’s going in....there it’s in !!!

teen patient: Oh that’s cold !!! It felt weird !!! Like I wanted to go to the bathroom....

nurse: you will be alright Sweetheart.....don’t worry I will take it out in 5 min I’ll be right back....

parent: does it feel uncomfortable????

teen patient: Alittle but it just feels like a pole is in my butt....

parent: I bet lol....make sure you don’t move a lot....

teen patient: I’m trying not to but my whole body is stuck on the crinkly paper it’s really annoying....

parent: well you did wanted to take off your underwear soooo lol....

teen patient: your right mom I’ll stop complaining....

knocks on door....

nurse: ok let’s see if you have a fever....I’m going to open your cheeks now....

teen patient: ooohhhh I felt it coming out!!!....

nurse: hahahaha I’m sure it felt weird right lol

teen patient: yup!!!

nurse: Ok so your temp is 99.9 looks good you can sit up now and wait for the doctor to come in...

parent: thank u nurse bye....

knocks door

doctor green: hiiii I’m doctor green you must be Amanda....

teen patient: hey doc....

doctor green: I see your all set and ready for the exam....

teen patient: yes doc I’m ready....

doctor green: and mom how are you??

parent: I’m good doctor just wanted to let you know if you can examine my daughter private areas since she took her panties off for a full physical today....

Doctor green: well she is 15 this year so i will be checking her breast and vagina and her rectal area to make sure all is in working order....

Parent: great thank you doctor....

Teen patient: wait your gonna check my vagina and butthole!!??

doctor green: Of course Amanda but not to worry it’s only external I’ll just be checking your outer labia and spread them wide open to check the clitoris and then you just turn over to your stomach and I’ll just spread your buttocks to check your anal area visually and that’s pretty much it....

teen patient: I guess doc 😱

doctor green: ok let’s start the exam shall we...

I was never Fond of rectal temperatures . I just didn't like anything going in the outdoor But As I Grew Older Wow It seems like a play toy now to me And a Little Thermometer and I wouldn't even make my butt itch

Could it be that a rectal temperature continues to be taken with a glass rectal thermometer beyond an age where a temperature is taken orally with a glass oral thermometer would be expected?

Of course, I hated it as a kid. There were many reasons. It left me with a sore and greasy butt, and when I discovered that it was used for kids that couldn't handle oral, I associated it with being a helpless baby. I was determined to move up the ladder as soon as possible, and apparently it worked, because by age 5, I was having oral temps. done at home, and at the doctor's office. And, in spite of all of those years of maturing...I'm now an adult "kid" who relishes having a rectal temperature taken....in the privacy of my own home.

I dont think any kids like it, that's why they make a fuzz

Yeah I hated them as a kid but I also had no choice as I was told it was the best way .

I hated the thermometer and the feeling of being out of control. But at the same time, I couldn't help that my penis was growing just thinking about what was going to happen. After a while in bed of waiting, mom or dad comes with the glass thermometer already lubed in and then there is no turning back. I realize that the thermometer should go into my rectum…

I don’t remember any rectal temps. Only oral. I’m sure I had some as a baby, but oral temps were standard for my sisters and I. After around 10-12, even those were very infrequent.

For me there was nothing to like about it. Lying face down on the table meant I was being controlled. Also, in my teenage years I hated lying their bare bottomed getting a thermometer which was perceived for taking the temperatures of babies and young children,. There were times that my temperature would be taken by a nursing student, which meant a girl who was no more than a couple of years older than I. Finally, the lack of privacy, in that doors would be left open and I could be viewed by other kids and their parents.

From what I recall, I did not hate them! I had to stick the thermometer in without lubricant, so I needed to be careful so that it was not unpleasant. I liked feeling the little tip inside me. Also, everybody around me used that method! I hated receiving drugs as suppositories more than temperature check!

I don't have any RT memories so can't honestly say whether I hated it or not

I never felt comfortable around my mom so I think the embarrassment was being exposed.

I didn’t have an opinion either way, positive or negative. My Mother did the procedure during illness. A Mother taking care of her children.

The only issue I ever recall was as a kid getting my vitals taken during hospital pre admission to a ward was when the nurse left the door open and I wouldn’t comply until she closed it. Why? There was a gaggle of kids awaiting their turn at this and I didn’t want to be seen having it done. She and my Mother had a good chuckle.

I think a rectal temperature as an infant formed a lot of my fetishes. One of my earliest memories is laying across my mothers lap sick in the middle of the night having a thermometer stuck in my rectum. I remember not liking it at all at the time. At some point that feeling changed as I would protest and be offered an oral temp but wouldn’t do that, I think around 7 is finally when I took my temp orally and rectal temps stopped.

I know I was about 5 or so when I first recalled getting my temperature taken rectally and at first I disliked it however I loved the attention from my mom, because I had a fever she had to take it frequently over the next few days which I came to love, even as a small child I loved that my mom was inserting the thermometer in my butt. Another thing that she used were suppositories any time I complained about a stomach ache and they were like 3 inches long and it required her to shove them in and hold them in place with her finger and she would always rub below my hole to make it feel better These stomach aches turned later on into a weekly enema from mom every Saturday evening, a ritual her grandmother told her kids needed to rid of poisons. Of course the enema was even more fun for me and I would get secretly excited when I would see the orange bag and hose coming out These weekly enemas continued until I was like 13 when my dad insisted I know longer needed them but secretly I think my mom enjoyed them as well. Funny when I was 16 I convinced her I needed one and she agreed to give me one however my erect penis I think convinced her I enjoyed the experience too much.

I loved the feel them

Ballman, did your father ever take your rectal temperature and give you enemas? Or only your mother? Looking back, would you have preferred that your father do it?

I can’t say I disliked it . Born in the late 60’s for me it seemed to be normal as a child. Mom would get the thermometer the Vaseline and tell you she was going take your temperature. As we meaning my older sister and I she switched to a oral thermometer. Unless we were sick coughing or nausea vomiting like that. Then it was in the butt. Pretty much same way at our pediatrician office. Nurse asked mom if she had taking our temperature and if she had what method was used . Most of the time she would stick to just that. But on occasion she my say let’s get a rectal temperature she would walk over to the counter get the thermometer shake it down get you to turn over on you tummy. When I was 15 at the emergency room was the last time I got a rectal thermometer in my butt as a teenager. I did find a dislike for it then . It was embarrassing to say the least. Not a lot of privacy. After the nurse had talked to my mom about what was going on . How long I had been nausea and vomiting and if I had a temperature at home . I remember mom telling her she hadn’t taken it. That’s when the nurse told the other person in the room to get a red top thermometer. Then she said let’s get you out of your shoes and pants when she returned with the thermometer. The nurse told me to lay on my stomach. I knew exactly what was going to happen that’s when it got embarrassing. I was laying there with a thermometer in my butt with the curtain some what open in the cubicle that separates the beds so anyone walking by could see

Only my mother never my father and I loved that my mom did it.

Not necessarily for me. I spent a few nights in the hospital in my early teen years and overnight checks were done via rectal thermometers. The first night I barely knew anything was going on. The second night I recall walking at least twice and being told to go back to sleep. The 3rd night I recall being awaken and laying on my side with a cool breeze on my butt. I went to roll back and was told to not move by the nurse standing behind me. Wanting to turn around to see her on the dark she held me down. I did manage to twist my butt and felt the end of the thermometer hit the mattress. That wasn't pleasing but also didn't hurt. The last night I was awake for the first round of after lights out checks and the nurse tells me that since I was awake she would use an oral thermometer this time.

Don't think I ever had one as a kid unfortunately.