Another of my favourite recurring fantasies is to get a sinus infection while staying with a friend. Shelly is a single mom with a young, part-time nanny, and is happy to take care of me. After feeling my forehead, she gets the electronic thermometer in order to take my temperature. However, she can’t get an accurate oral reading due to the infection, so decides she needs to use the glass baby thermometer, which she proposes to do in the privacy of the guest bedroom. I’m lying on my stomach, but I can see her shake it down and coat the tip with Vaseline. The door is ajar, and I can hear the nanny in the kitchen. Shelly inserts it gently and holds it in place for 5 minutes. I have a fever, so she wants me to get some medical attention.
The only local clinic with availability to see me on short notice is the kids’ pediatrics practice. Shelly books an appointment for me for later that day. Unfortunately, she has planned an important phone call with her boss at the only available time, so asks the nanny if it would be possible to stay late and drive me. Shelly takes my temperature a second time several hours later and notes the persistent fever.
Later, on the way to the pediatrician’s office, the nanny explains that she has taken Shelly’s kids several times and become good friends with the nurse, who is her age. Upon our arrival, the nurse escorts us both to an exam room and starts asking questions about my symptoms. The nanny briefs her on the two temperature readings, specifying that they were taken rectally. At that point, I become beet red because I didn’t realise that she knew. I wonder if she actually saw it, or was just told about it by Shelly. The two women exchange glances.
After the preliminary questions, the nurse needs to take my vital signs. Because the baseline temperature reading is rectal, she says that it would really be better to continue that way, for both consistency and accuracy. “Why don’t you go ahead and undress to your underwear, then hop up on the table so we can get started.” The nanny sits on a chair usually intended for parents and watches the exam, occasionally asking questions. I’m sitting on the crinkly paper as the nurse takes my pulse and BP, then looks at my ears and throat, commenting “I’m not surprised you couldn’t get an accurate oral reading at home.” The embarrassment of the situation, anticipation of the upcoming rectal temp and repeated contact between the nurse and me combine to cause me to get somewhat aroused. Both women notice it, and I discreetly perceive hardening breasts under their blouses.
When the time comes to take my temperature, I lie down on my back and watch as the nurse prepares the thermometer. She reassures me that it’s not just babies who get it taken this way. Indeed, her boyfriend often goes over her lap at home to have his taken. The nanny stands on the other side of the exam table and waits with me. Her eyes bulge and her face reddens at the sight of the large Geratherm thermometer with its tip coated in Vaseline. The nurse instructs me to turn over onto my tummy. I comply, and the nanny pulls my underwear down to my knees, then completely off, giving both women an unobstructed view of my naked body. The nurse carefully separates my cheeks, inserts the thermometer deep into my rectum, and stands holding it as it registers, turning it occasionally to check the progress. The nanny rests her hand on my head while we’re waiting and continues blushing while watching the procedure. It feels like an eternity. The thermometer makes a soft sucking sound as the nurse finally pulls it out, wipes it, and holds it up to read the temperature, which remains elevated.
My sinus infection requires monitoring and medication over the next several days, but that’s the subject of another fantasy...